Index


Orange numbers indicate the lecture to which the entry is linked.
Entries in italics refer to books and other works.

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G

Galapagos Islands 25
Galen 11 16 19
Galilei 19 20 22 35
20 27 and Newton's Laws
20 law of free fall
20 thermometer
galleon 17
Galton 34
Galvani 21
gamete 34
Gandhi 35
Ganges civilization 14
Garibaldi 28
Gauß 27 28 29
27 as physical unit
Gazelle (research vessel) 26
Ge Hong 15
Geber 16
gene 34
gene pool 34
General Electric 29
genetic engineering 34 35
genetics 34
34 and ethics
Genoa 17
genome 34
34 - mapping
34 human - map
Geography of the Sea 26

geology 31
Gerbert of Aurillac 6 13 17 32
German revolution 28
Gilbert 31
glasshouse 25
global warming 35
globe, terrestrial and celestial 20
glorious revolution 20 22 24 26
Gondeshapur 12 16
Gondwanaland 31
gram, definition 21
gravity
lack of concept
  19 in Europe
  8 in ancient Greece
33 and infinite universe
28 Einstein's law of -
20 33 Newton's law of -
Great Compendium of Herbs (Bencao Gangmu ) 15
Great Potato Famine 25
Great Wall of China 15
Gregory XIII, pope 7
Greece 8 10 21
Grotius 20
Guericke, see demonstration experiments 20
Gulf Stream 26
gunpowder 15 17
Gupta period 6 14
Gutenberg 17