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     Galileo on effects of,
5.1
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5.2
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     of Jupiter,
3.1
,
3.2
     
size and
     in solar system formation,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
     
in timepieces
Great Britain,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
9.1
greenhouse effect,
3.1
,
3.2
,
8.1
     Camp Century in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
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     field preparations for,
1.1
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     fossils in,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
7.1
     glacier on,
9.1
,
9.2
Haldane, J. B. S.,
5.1
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Hale-Bopp comet,
3.1
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Hartley 2 comet,
3.1
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–7
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Harvard College Observatory,
2.1
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Harvard Computers,
2.1
,
2.2
     Museum of Comparative Zoology at,
1.1
,
5.1
,
9.1
     in greenhouse effect,
3.1
,
3.2
,
8.1
     
of impact
     sun’s radiation of,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
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n
     of volatile elements,
4.1
,
4.2
     
see also
temperatures, global
heat balance, planetary,
3.1
,
9.1
Heezen, Bruce,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
helium,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
     
at big bang
Hess, Harry,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
Hindostan grave markers,
4.1
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4.2
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Holmes, Arthur,
6.1
,
6.2
hominids,
10.1
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Hubble, Edwin,
2.1
,
2.2
hydrogen,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
3.1
,
4.1
     
at big bang
     as sun’s fuel,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
     in water molecule,
3.1
,
3.2
ice ages,
9.1
,
10.1
     human populations affected by,
9.1
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n
     orbital changes and,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
     short-term riffs in,
9.1
,
9.2
ice cores,
9.1
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India,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
     northern drift of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
infrared spectrum,
3.1
,
8.1
     multiple discoverers of,
10.1
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     ore rocks of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
     
rusting of
Ivy Mike, Operation,
2.1
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Jablonski, David,
7.1
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Jack Hills site, Australia,
3.1
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Jenkins, Farish A., Jr.,
1.1
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1.2
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1.3
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
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jet lag,
4.1
,
4.2
Johns Hopkins University,
4.1
,
5.1
,
8.1
Jupiter,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
9.1
     moons of,
3.1
,
5.1
Kant, Immanuel,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
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kidneys,
3.1
,
4.1
Konopka, Ronald,
4.1
,
4.2
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Laplace, Pierre-Simon,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
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lead 206,
3.1
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3.2
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4.1
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Leavitt, Henrietta,
2.1
,
2.2
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2.3
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     chemical reactions of,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
3.2
     
on dry land
     
liquid water in
     single-celled,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
6.1
,
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light
     artificial,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
     circadian clocks triggered by,
4.1
,
4.2
     speed of,
2.1
,
2.2
     of stars,
2.1
,
3.1
     wavelength spectrum of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
8.1
lizards,
6.1
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8.1
Lucas, Peter,
8.1
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Lull, Richard Swann,
1.1
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Lystrosaurus
,
8.1
,
8.2
mammals,
4.1
,
4.2
,
7.1
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     characteristics of,
1.1
,
2.1
,
4.1
     earliest relatives of,
1.1
,
1.2
     fossil,
1.1
,
1.2
,
7.1
,
10.1
     
kidney of
     primates,
1.1
,
8.1
     
whales
mammoths,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
9.1
maps,
1.1
,
3.1
,
6.1
     geological,
7.1
,
7.2
     of ocean floor,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
     
liquid water on
     sandstones of,
3.1
matter,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
     antimatter vs.,
2.1
,
3.1
     energy and,
2.1
,
2.2
     
gravity in
     water in polar craters of,
3.1
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Merton, Robert,
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meteorites,
2.1
,
5.1
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7.1
     
1969 Mexican
Milankovitch, Milutin,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
9.5
Milky Way Galaxy,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
molecular forces,
5.1
,
5.2
molecules,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
4.1
,
5.1
     
diffusion of
     water,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
moon
     Apollo missions to,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
     
craters on
     origin of,
4.1
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4.2
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5.1
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     tides caused by,
4.1
,
4.2
     
water on
moon rocks,
3.1
,
4.1
moons, planetary,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
mountain ranges,
6.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
mountain-uplift hypothesis,
8.1
,
10.1
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Napoléon I, Emperor,
9.1
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Mars rovers of
     Project Apollo of,
3.1
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3.2
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4.1
Natufian culture,
9.1
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10.1
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10.2
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natural philosophers,
7.1
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7.2
natural selection,
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nebulae,
2.1
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2.2
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5.1
     
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