For the Love of Physics (45 page)

Cepheids and,
33

distance of,
33
–34,
35

angular momentum,
224

Annis, Martin,
17
,
193

antimatter,
187

antisolar point,
84
,
89
,
97

Apollo
15
mission,
42

Ara (constellation),
195

arc second,
29
–30

Aristotle,
42
,
79
,
218

art,
262
–68

author’s collaborations in,
263
,
264
–67

author’s collection of,
262

pioneers of,
267
–68

astronauts,
24
–25,
44
,
58
,
65

artificial gravity and,
56

free fall and,
47
–48

Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS),
248

astronomy,
2
–3,
50
,
189

error box and,
195

gravitational potential energy and,
172
–73,
174

measurements and,
27
–28

telescopes and,
190

women in,
32
n

see also specific kinds of astronomy

Astrophysical Journal Letters
,
215

Atmospheric Optics,
85

atmospheric pressure,
63
–64,
66
–68

atomic bomb,
184

atoms,
6
,
238

electricity in,
130

nucleus of,
130

positive and negative charges in,
130
–31

size of,
130

X-rays and,
192

ATP (adenosine triphosphate),
169

audiometer,
106

aurora australis (southern lights),
153
–54

aurora borealis (northern lights),
10
,
153
–54,
245

Australia,
186
,
202
–5,
209

Baade, Walter,
197
,
217

Babylonians,
115

banjo,
112

barometer,
63
,
66
–67

bass fiddle,
113

bassoon,
120

battery,
138
,
158
,
161
,
181

making,
170

Bavarian Academy of Sciences,
155

Becquerel, Antoine Henri,
268

Belian, R. D.,
248

Bell, Jocelyn,
32
n
,
198
,
224
–25

Bellatrix (Amazon Star),
237

Bernoulli, Daniel,
73
–74

Bernoulli’s principle,
73
–74

Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm,
236
–37

Betelgeuse (star),
237

Bevis, John,
196

Bible,
80

big bang, theory of,
9
,
19
,
35
–36,
188
,
223
,
270

sound of,
107
,
108
–9

wavelength of,
108
–9

birds, magnetism and,
152

bismuth,
151

blackbody radiation,
192
,
237
,
246

in X-ray bursts,
250
–51

black holes,
xiv
,
192
,
225
–34

accretion disk of,
231
,
245

animations and recreations of,
225
,
229

calculating size of,
228

in core-collapse supernova,
223

creation of,
220
–21

Doppler effect and,
232
–33

escape velocity of,
227
–28

evaporation of,
230

event horizon of,
see
event horizon

falling into,
231
–34

general relativity and,
228

gravity well of,
226
,
227
–28

Hawking radiation of,
231

LHC and creation of,
229
–30

matter swallowed up by,
225
–26

micro,
229
–31

in Milky Way galaxy,
226
,
245

in Perseus cluster,
108

singularity of,
228
–29,
233
–34

sound waves of,
108

spaghettification in,
233
–34

speed of light and,
232

tidal forces and,
233
–34

in X-ray binaries,
241
–42,
244

X-ray bursts and,
257

Bloksma-Lewin, Bea,
11
,
14

blue jet lightning,
148

blueshift,
233
,
237
,
238
–39

see also
Doppler effect

body heat,
176
–77,
179

Bohr, Niels,
268

Boijmans van Beuningen Museum,
266

Bolton, Tom,
241
–42

bottlenecks,
121
–22

Boyle, Robert,
126

Brahe, Tycho,
126
,
189
,
190
,
281

Brancusi, Constantin,
268

brass instruments,
120
–21

bremsstrahlung emissions,
192
,
194

Brewster, David,
93

Brewster angle,
93

brightness, luminosity and,
32
–33

Brocken spectres (glories),
97
–98

Broglie, Louis de,
268

Brooklyn Bridge,
124

Broughton Suspension Bridge,
124

Bruno, Giordano,
189

BTUs,
177

Buddha’s light,
98

Busza, Wit,
158

calculus,
38
,
261

calorie,
174

defined,
177

capacitor,
155

carbon,
6
,
169
,
219

carbon dioxide,
169

Cassini, Giovanni,
281

cello,
112

Centaurus (constellation),
196
,
213
,
243

Center for Advanced Visual Studies,
263

Centralian Advocate
,
211

centrifugal force,
57

centripetal force,
56
–57,
136
,
280

Cen X-1 (X-ray source),
196

Cen X-2 (X-ray source),
213
,
215
,
255

Cen X-3 (X-ray source),
243

Cepheid variables,
32
,
36

luminosity-period relationship of,
32
–34

Type II,
33

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research),
229

Cézanne, Paul,
268

Chadwick, James,
217

Chandrasekhar, S.,
215

Chandrasekhar limit,
219

Chandra X-Ray Observatory,
198
,
222

Chernobyl disaster,
185

China, ancient,
150
,
151
,
183

China, People’s Republic of,
98
,
185

Chladni plates,
118
–19

chromium oxide,
151

Chu, Steven,
181

clarinet,
119

Clark, Alvan,
237

Clark, George,
2
,
18
,
198
,
199
,
200
,
208
,
213
,
214