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  1. McGoohan, Patrick,
    1
  2. MacLean, Paul,
    1
  3. McOwan, Peter,
    1
    n. 6
  4. McPhee, John,
    1
  5. macrostates,
    1
    n. 9
  6. Madeira,
    1
  7. magma,
    1
  8. magnesium,
    1
  9. magnetic charge: north/south poles,
    1
    n. 13
  10. magnetic field,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    nn. 20, 21;
  11. curl,
    1
  12. magnetic force,
    1
  13. magnetism,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 21
  14. magnets,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  15. Maguire, Eleanor,
    1
  16. malaria,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  17. Malaysia,
    1
  18. Maldacena, Juan,
    1
  19. mammals,
    1
  20. Manhattan Project,
    1
  21. maps,
    1
  22. Margulis, Lynn,
    1
  23. market, the,
    1
    ;
    1. complexity,
      1
      ;
    2. deregulation,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 2;
    3. equilibrium,
      1
      ;
    4. fluctuations,
      1
      ;
    5. instability,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    6. regulation,
      1
      ;
    7. see also
      foreign exchange, futures market, import tariffs, sanctions, shares, stock market
  24. marketplace,
    1
    ,
    2
  25. Mars,
    1
    n. 23,
    2
    n. 18
  26. Marsden, Ernest,
    1
    ,
    2
  27. Marx, Karl,
    1
  28. mass,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    n. 5,
    14
    n. 9,
    15
    nn. 15, 16
  29. mass production,
    1
  30. mathematics and mathematicians,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    n. 4,
    11
    n. 6,
    12
    n. 5
  31. Matrix, The
    ,
    1
    n. 2
  32. matter,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    n. 16,
    15
    n. 8,
    16
    n. 12,
    17
    n. 10,
    18
    n. 8,
    19
    n. 11,
    20
    nn. 14, 16;
    1. cosmic,
      1
      ;
    2. theory of,
      1
      ;
    3. see also
      dark matter
  33. Maxwell, James Clerk,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 20
  34. Maxwell’s theory,
    see
    electromagnetism, Maxwell’s theory of
  35. MC1R,
    1
  36. Mears, Ray,
    1
  37. measles,
    1
    ,
    2
  38. meat,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  39. mechanisation,
    1
  40. Médaille, John,
    1
  41. meditation,
    see
    neurons
  42. meiosis,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 15
  43. memory,
    1
    ;
    1. see also
      computers, neurons
  44. Mendel, Gregor,
    1
  45. meninges,
    1
  46. meningitis,
    1
  47. menopause,
    1
  48. Mercury,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. orbit precession,
      1
  49. mesons,
    1
  50. meteorites,
    1
  51. methane,
    1
  52. Mexico, Gulf of,
    1
    ,
    2
  53. Michelson, Albert,
    1
  54. microchips,
    1
    ,
    2
  55. microorganism,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 15
  56. microstates,
    1
    n. 9
  57. microwaves,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 3
  58. mid-Atlantic Ridge,
    1
    ,
    2
  59. Middle East,
    1
  60. Milanković, Milutin,
    1
  61. Milanković cycles,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 8
  62. military,
    1
  63. Milky Way Galaxy,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    n. 4,
    12
    n. 15
  64. millet,
    1
  65. Milne, A. A.,
    1
  66. mimiviruses,
    1
  67. Minkowski, Herman,
    1
    ,
    2
  68. Minsky, Marvin,
    1
  69. mitochondria,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 13
  70. mitosis,
    1
    ,
    2
  71. mobiles phones,
    1
  72. molecules,
    1
    ;
    1. and cell-building,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. copying,
      1
      ;
    3. electrically charged,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 6;
    4. formation,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      n. 4;
    5. and heat,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 5,
      3
      n. 14;
    6. high-altitude,
      1
      ;
    7. splitting,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
  73. momentum,
    1
    ,
    2
    nn. 14, 15;
    3
    n. 5;
    1. law of conservation of,
      1
      ;
    2. law of conservation of angular,
      1
  74. money,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. divisibility,
      1
      ;
    2. IOUs,
      1
      ;
    3. portability,
      1
  75. monogamy,
    1
  76. Monty Python,
    1
    n. 16
  77. Moon,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    n. 7,
    7
    n. 5;
    1. crust,
      1
      n. 2;
    2. gravity,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    3. impact basins,
      1
      n. 5,
      2
      n. 2;
    4. orbit,
      1
      ;
    5. Sea of Crises,
      1
  78. Moore, Gordon,
    1
  79. Morgan, Thomas Hunt,
    1
  80. Morley, Edward,
    1
  81. morphogens,
    1
    n. 7
  82. Morse code,
    1
  83. mortgages,
    1
  84. mosquito,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 4
  85. motion, laws of,
    1
    ,
    2
  86. Mount St Helens,
    1
  87. mountains,
    1
  88. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
    1
  89. MRSA (
    Staphylococcus aureus
    ),
    1
  90. MS (multiple sclerosis),
    1
    n. 17
  91. mud,
    1
  92. mudstone,
    1
  93. multicellular organisms,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  94. multiverse,
    1
    n. 4,
    2
    n. 5
  95. muons,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 2;
    1. see also
      neutrinos
  96. muscles,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ;
  97. power,
    1
  98. mushrooms,
    1
  99. myelin,
    1
    n. 17
  1. n
    -type material,
    1
  2. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration),
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 18
  3. National Grid,
    1
  4. National Institute of Standards Technology,
    1
  5. natural selection,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    ,
    15
    n. 2;
    1. see also
      inheritance, traits, variation
  6. Navier–Stokes equation,
    1
  7. Neanderthals,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. interbreeding,
      1
  8. nematode worm,
    1
  9. neocortex,
    1
    ;
    1. corpus calossum,
      1
      ;
    2. hemispheres,
      1
      ;
    3. left side/right side,
      1
  10. Neptune,
    1
    n. 2
  11. nerve cells,
    see
    neurons
  12. nervous system,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 13
  13. Netherlands,
    1
  14. neurons,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    n. 1,
    7
    n. 13,
    8
    , n. 17;
    1. axons,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      n. 8,
      5
      n. 17;
    2. connections,
      1
      ;
    3. dendrites,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ;
    4. forgetting,
      1
      ;
    5. learning,
      1
      ;
    6. meditation,
      1
      ;
    7. memory,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    8. networks,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    9. receptors,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    10. repetition,
      1
      ;
    11. synapses,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    12. synaptic gap,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 8;
    13. terminal buttons,
      1
      n. 8;
    14. see also
      neurotransmitters
  15. neuroplasticity,
    1
    ,
    2
  16. neuroscience and neuroscientists,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  17. neurotransmitters,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    1. see also
      acetylcholine, dopamine, glutamate, serotonin
  18. neutrinos,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 14,
    4
    nn. 7, 8, 12;
    1. electron neutrinos,
      1
      ;
    2. muonneutrinos,
      1
      ;
    3. sterile,
      1
      n. 12;
    4. tauneutrinos,
      1
  19. neutron stars,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 12,
    4
    n. 3
  20. neutrons,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    n. 6
  21. New Scientist
    ,
    1
  22. New York,
    1
  23. New York Times
    ,
    1
  24. Newton, Isaac,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    nn. 8, 9;
    9
    n. 2,
    10
    n. 3,
    11
    n. 5;
    1. see also
      gravity
  25. nitrogen,
    1
    ,
    2
  26. Nobel Prize,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    1. for Physics,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      n. 9,
      6
      n. 3
  27. Noether, Emmy,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 6
  28. non-locality,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. see also
      location
  29. North America,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    1. see also
      Americas
  30. North Atlantic conveyor,
    1
  31. North Pole,
    1
  32. nothingness,
    1
  33. nuclear bomb,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  34. nuclear forces,
    1
    ;
    1. strong,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      n. 6;
    2. weak,
      1
      ,
      2
  35. nuclear fuel,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 7
  36. nuclear power,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 16
  37. nuclear radiation,
    1
  38. nuclear reaction,
    1
    n. 21
  39. nuclear reactors,
    1
    ,
    2
  40. nylon,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 9

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