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Authors: Walter Lewin
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Cepheids and,
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distance of,
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angular momentum,
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antimatter,
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Ara (constellation),
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arc second,
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art,
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author’s collaborations in,
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,
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author’s collection of,
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pioneers of,
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–68
artificial gravity and,
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free fall and,
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Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS),
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error box and,
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gravitational potential energy and,
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–73,
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measurements and,
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telescopes and,
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women in,
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see also specific kinds of astronomy
Astrophysical Journal Letters
,
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Atmospheric Optics,
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atmospheric pressure,
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–64,
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atomic bomb,
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electricity in,
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nucleus of,
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positive and negative charges in,
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size of,
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X-rays and,
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ATP (adenosine triphosphate),
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audiometer,
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aurora australis (southern lights),
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aurora borealis (northern lights),
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,
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–54,
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Babylonians,
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banjo,
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bass fiddle,
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bassoon,
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making,
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Bavarian Academy of Sciences,
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Becquerel, Antoine Henri,
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Belian, R. D.,
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Bellatrix (Amazon Star),
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Bernoulli, Daniel,
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Bernoulli’s principle,
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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm,
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Betelgeuse (star),
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Bevis, John,
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Bible,
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big bang, theory of,
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,
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,
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–36,
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,
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,
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sound of,
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,
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–9
wavelength of,
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–9
birds, magnetism and,
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bismuth,
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blackbody radiation,
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,
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,
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in X-ray bursts,
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accretion disk of,
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,
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animations and recreations of,
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,
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calculating size of,
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in core-collapse supernova,
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creation of,
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–21
Doppler effect and,
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escape velocity of,
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–28
evaporation of,
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event horizon of,
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event horizon
falling into,
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–34
general relativity and,
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gravity well of,
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,
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Hawking radiation of,
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LHC and creation of,
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–30
matter swallowed up by,
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micro,
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in Milky Way galaxy,
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,
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in Perseus cluster,
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singularity of,
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–29,
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sound waves of,
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spaghettification in,
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speed of light and,
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tidal forces and,
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in X-ray binaries,
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–42,
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X-ray bursts and,
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blue jet lightning,
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see also
Doppler effect
Bohr, Niels,
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Boijmans van Beuningen Museum,
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Bolton, Tom,
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bottlenecks,
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–22
Boyle, Robert,
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Brancusi, Constantin,
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brass instruments,
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–21
bremsstrahlung emissions,
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,
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Brewster, David,
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Brewster angle,
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brightness, luminosity and,
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–33
Brocken spectres (glories),
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Broglie, Louis de,
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Brooklyn Bridge,
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Broughton Suspension Bridge,
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Bruno, Giordano,
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BTUs,
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Buddha’s light,
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Busza, Wit,
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calorie,
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defined,
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capacitor,
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carbon dioxide,
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Cassini, Giovanni,
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cello,
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Centaurus (constellation),
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,
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,
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Center for Advanced Visual Studies,
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Centralian Advocate
,
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centrifugal force,
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centripetal force,
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–57,
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,
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Cen X-1 (X-ray source),
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Cen X-2 (X-ray source),
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,
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,
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Cen X-3 (X-ray source),
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luminosity-period relationship of,
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–34
Type II,
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CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research),
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Cézanne, Paul,
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Chadwick, James,
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Chandrasekhar, S.,
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Chandrasekhar limit,
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory,
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,
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Chernobyl disaster,
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China, People’s Republic of,
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,
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Chladni plates,
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chromium oxide,
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Chu, Steven,
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clarinet,
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Clark, Alvan,
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