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uncertainty principle of, 1

visibility of stars, 1

Olbers, Heinrich, 1

Olbers’ paradox, 1

Orbitals, electron, 1, 2, 3, 4

properties of atoms and, 1

Orbits, planetary, 1

P

Page, Leigh, 1

Parallel realities, 1, 2

Particle physics

creation of mass-energy, 1

entanglement, 1

light, 1, 2

momentum, 1

probability waveflipping, 1

quantum theory, 1

spin, 1

uncertainty principle, 1

Pauli, Wolfgang, 1

Pauli exclusion principle, 1

Penzias, Arno, 1

Perlmutter, Saul, 1

Perrin, Jean Baptiste, 1

Photoelectric effect, 1, 2

Photons

cosmic background radiation, 1

creation of, 1, 2

discovery, 1

dual wave-particle nature, 1

effective mass, 1, 2

indistinguishability, 1

predictability of behaviour of, 1

superposition, 1, 2, 3

See also Bosons

Planetary orbits, 1

Pollen grains, 1

Predictability of phenomenon, 1

Pressure, 1

Probability

boson behaviour, 1

in quantum theory, 1

Probability wave, 1, 2, 3

of bosons, 1

decoherence, 1

flipping of, 1

Protons

atomic structure, 1n

mass, 1

nuclear fusion, 1

tunnelling, 1

Prout, William, 1

Pulsars, 1

Q

Quanta, 1

Quantum bits, 1

Quantum computers

application, 1

conceptual basis, 1

current status, 1, 2

design challenges, 1, 2

operation in multiple universes, 1

power of, 1, 2, 3

qubits, 1

role of interference in, 1, 2

Quantum fluctuations, 1

Quantum numbers, 1, 2

Quantum theory

atomic theory and, 1

behaviour of large objects in, 1

chemical properties and, 1

of entanglement, 1

existence of multiple universes in, 1

Feynman on, 1

future prospects, 1

general theory of relativity and, 1

of gravity, 1

of particle spin, 1

probability in, 1

purpose, 1

quanta in, 1

significance of, 1

of spooky action at distance, 1

uncertainty principle in, 1

wave-particle duality in, 1

Quantum vacuum, 1

Quasars, 1

Qubits. See Quantum bits

R

Radio waves, 1

Radioactivity, 1

Radium, 1

Red dwarf star, 1

Reflectivity, 1, 2, 3

Relativistic aberration/beaming, 88n

Relativity

principle of, 1

See also General theory of relativity;

Special theory of relativity

Riefenstahl, Charlotte, 1

Rohrer, Heinrich, 1

Rutherford, Ernest, 1, 2, 3

S

Scanning tunnelling microscope, 1

Schmidt, Brian, 1

Schrödinger, Erwin, 1

Schrödinger equation, 1, 2

Scott, Dave, 1

Shell, atomic, 1

Simultaneity, 1

Singularity, 1, 2

Size of atoms, 1, 2, 3, 4

Soddy, Frederick, 1

Sodium, 1

Space

curvature of, 1

emptiness of, 1, 2, 3, 4

general theory of relativity, 1

relationship to time, 1

special theory of relativity, 1, 2

Special theory of relativity, 1, 2

energy and mass relationship in, 1

gravity in, 1

implications for physics, 1

principles of, 1, 2

real-world implications, 1

shortcomings, 1

simultaneity, 1

Speed

of alpha particles, 1

of gravity, 1

instantaneous influence, 1

of light. See Speed of light

mass and, 1

of muons, 1

of radio waves, 1

theory of relativity, 1

See also Acceleration; Velocity of particle

Speed of light

as maximum limit of speed, 1, 2, 3

particle speed in excess of, 1

principle of relativity, 1

special theory of relativity, 1, 2

speed of light source and, 1

spooky action at a distance and, 1, 2, 3

Speliotopoulos, Achilles, 1

Spin, particle

in Cooper pairs, 1

electron distinguishability, 1

integer/half-integer, 1

probability waveflipping and, 1

properties of particles, 1

spooky action at a distance and, 1

Spooky action at distance, 1

Stars. See Sun/stars

Stoppard, Tom, 1

Strong nuclear force, 1, 2

Sun/stars

darkness of night sky, 1

energy of, 1

life cycle, 1, 2

light from, 1

neutron stars, 1, 2, 3, 4

physics of, 1

red dwarfs, 1

supernovas, 1, 2

warping of space-time by, 1

weight of, 1

white dwarfs, 1, 2, 3

Suntzeff, Nick, 1

Superconductors, 1

Superfluids, 1

Supernova, 1, 2

Superposition

conceptual basis, 1

decoherence, 1

definition, 1

interference in, 1, 2

observability, 1, 2, 3, 4

in quantum computing, 1, 2

Superstring theory, 1

T

Tachyons, 1

Teleportation, 1

Television static, 1

Temperature

Big Bang, 1

cosmic background radiation, 1, 2

electric current in metal,