Stephen Hawking - The Grand Design

on no exceptions to natural laws

rate of falling objects theory

reason for principles of nature

use of reason instead of observation

Asymptotic freedom

Atomism

Atoms

hydrogen, Lamb shift and

quarks, protons, and neutrons

strong nuclear force and

Augustine of Hippo, St.

Babylonians

Baryon

Berkeley, George

Beryllium

Big bang theory

CMBR and

evidence of

irregular universe and inflation

as spontaneous quantum event

when it happened

Black hole

Boshongo people

Boson

Brain

laws of science and

model building of

Buckyballs

buckyball soccer

particle paths

Buoyancy, law of

Caenorhabditis elegans

Carbon

as basis for life

creation of, in primordial universe

triple alpha process and

in universe

Carroll, John W.

Cathode rays

CERN, Geneva

Chemistry

Chinese philosophy and mythology

God as Creator

tale of the ten suns

Christianity

creation as deliberate design

John XXI’s list of heresies, science and

miracles

natural laws as obedient to God

notion of free will and purpose

Ptolemaic model adopted by Roman Catholic Church

rejection of indifferent natural laws

Roman Catholic Church acknowledges wrong to Galileo

Clepsydra

Conway, John

Copernicus

Corpuscle theory

Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR)

evidence of inflation and

Cosmological constant

Cosmology. See also Universe

“bottom up” approach

grand design and

laws of nature as “fine-tuned”

number of dimensions in the universe

predictions in

“top down” approach

Crater Lake, Oregon

Creation. See also Life; Universe

account in Genesis

big bang theory

empirical evidence of

God as Creator

as godless

of life

M-theory and

myths

origin of the universe

spontaneous quantum creation of the universe

Curvature/curved spaces

geodesics

great circle

Darwin, Charles

Davisson, Clinton

Davy, Sir Humphrey

Delayed-choice experiments

Democritus

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres [Copernicus])

Descartes, René

Dicke, Robert

Double-slit experiment

buckyball soccer

delayed-choice experiments

Feynman’s insight

particle paths

two-slit soccer

“which-path” information

Dualities

Earth

as center of the universe

cessation of rotation

Copernican model and

creation

curvature of, and geodesics

eclipse and

ether (luminiferous ether) and

gravity and

as hospitable to life

laws of nature and

Mercator projection, world map

orbit

planetary system of

Ptolemaic model and

seasonal weather patterns

speed of

Eccentricity of elliptical orbits

Eclipse (lunar or solar)

prediction of

Economics

Eddington, Arthur

Effective theory

Egyptian creation myth

Einstein, Albert

cosmological constant

on creation of the universe

expanding universe and

general relativity

photoelectric effect

special relativity

on time

on unified theory

on the universe

Einstein’s theory of relativity

general relativity

GPS satellite navigation systems and general relativity

space-time and general relativity

special relativity

Electromagnetic force

bosons and

electroweak force and

light and

Maxwell’s equations

QED and

speed of electromagnetic waves

Electrons

double-slit experiment and

Feynman diagrams and

particle paths

Electroweak force

three new particles discovered

Elegance, of models

Empedocles

Energy

constant zero

of empty space

of universe

Epicurus

Ether (luminiferous ether)

Euclid

Evolution

Faraday, Michael

Fermion

Feynman, Richard (Dick)

Feynman diagrams

Feynman paths

QED and

sum over histories

van owned by

FitzGerald, George Francis

Force fields

bosons

fermions

Fowler, William

Free will

Friedmann, Alexander

Fuller, Buckminster

Galaxies

alternative histories and

cosmological constant and

expanding universe and

heavy elements and formation of

inhomogeneities in universe and

light from distant

number of and stars in

planetary systems of

quantum fluctuations and formation of

Galileo

rate of falling objects theory

Game of Life

blinkers

evolution of a still life

glider guns

gliders

still-life blocks

Geodesics

Germer, Lester

God (or gods)

as causal in nature

creation and

as dice-thrower

first-cause argument

Joshua praying for the sun and moon to halt

as mathematician

natural laws, human statues and

natural laws and

Newton ’s belief in God’s intervention

universe as God’s dollhouse

what happened before the world existed?

Grand design

laws of nature as “fine-tuned” and

no-boundary condition and

Grand unified theories (GUTS)

Gravitational waves

Gravity

cosmological constant

cosmological constant and

creation of stars, galaxies, planets

effective theory and

Einstein’s general relativity and

galaxies and

mathematical formulation of theory

M-theory and

Newton ’s law of

orbits and three dimensions

quantum theory and

as shaper of space-time

standard model not applicable

supergravity theory

warpage of time and space by

as weak force

Great circle

Greece, ancient

distinction between human and natural laws lacking

Ionian science

laws of nature and

questions of creation and

scientific method lacking

Stoics

“Grimnismal” (The Elder Edda)

Harris, Sidney, cartoons by

Heisenberg, Werner

Heisenberg uncertainty principle

empty space, impossibility of, and

Planck’s constant

Helium

big bang theory and

creation of beryllium, carbon, and

in primordial universe

Heraclitus

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Holographic principle

Hoyle, Fred

Hubble, Edwin

Humans. See also Life

creation of, Biblical

definition of living beings

existence relative to cosmic history

free will and

natural laws and

origins of homo sapiens

psychology as study of will and behavior

robot vs.

self-awareness

soul of

written language and cultivation begun

Hume, David

Hydrogen

fusion, in stars

isotopes

Lamb shift and

in primordial universe

Inertia, law of

Inflation theory

irregular universe and

“Initial conditions”

Intelligent design

Interference

constructive

destructive

double-slit experiment

Newton ’s rings and

puddle interference

“which-path” information and

Young’s experiment and

Ionian science

Johnson, Samuel

John XXI, Pope

Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord

Kepler, Johannes

Klamath Indians

Lamb shift

Laplace, Pierre-Simon, marquis de

Large Hadron Collider, Geneva

Law of the lever

Laws of nature

ancient Greece and

apparent laws

Aristotle’s errors

changing conception of

dependent on history of the universe