- Eagle pub, Cambridge, 1 n. 6
- Earth, 1;
- age, 1;
- atmosphere, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n. 13, 7 n. 1;
- biosphere, 1;
- core, 1;
- crust, 1, 2;
- equator, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 nn. 5, 8; 8 nn. 10, 11;
- equatorial regions, 1, 2 n. 7, 3 n. 5;
- formation, 1 n. 5;
- gravity, 1, 2, 3;
- habitability, 1, 2;
- heat, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 nn. 5, 8; 9, n. 16, 10 n. 1;
- interior, 1;
- magnetic field, 1, 2;
- magnetic poles, 1;
- mantle, 1;
- northern/southern hemipheres, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n. 11, 7 n. 16;
- orbit, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 n. 8, 9 n. 23;
- polar band, 1, 2 n. 12;
- polar regions, 1, 2 n. 5;
- poles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 n. 8, 6 nn. 10, 11, 12; 7 n. 17;
- rotation, 1, 2 n. 9, 3 nn. 10, 12;
- seasons, 1, 2 nn. 16, 17;
- size, 1;
- solstices, 1;
- spin axis, 1, 2, 3, 4 n. 8, 5 n. 17;
- strata, 1;
- stratosphere, 1;
- subsolar point, 1;
- temperature, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 n. 16, 8 n. 10;
- tropical band, 1, 2 n. 12;
- troposphere, 1, 2, 3;
- see also air, climate, continental crust, continental drift, Milanković cycles, oceanic crust, Snowball Earths, tectonic plates, weather systems
- earthquakes, 1, 2, 3
- ecology, 1
- economics, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 n. 2;
- see also econophysics, inflation, protectionism, stagnation, subsidy, trade
- econophysics, 1
- eddies, see vortices
- Eddington, Arthur, 1, 2, 3
- Edison, Thomas, 1, 2, 3 n. 8
- efficiency, see energy
- egg(s), see ovum/ova
- Einstein, Albert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 n. 11, 22 n. 12, 23 n. 20, 24 n. 5, 25 n. 6 infra, 26 n. 8, 27 n. 9, 28 n. 11, 29 n. 13
- electric current, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 n. 5;
- voltage, 1, 2, 3, 4 n. 18;
- see also AC, DC
- electric field, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 nn. 15, 17; 7 n. 20, 8 n. 5
- electric force, 1, 2, 3, 4 n. 2, 5 n. 11
- electric generator, 1, 2
- electric motor, 1, 2
- electricity, 1, 2, 3 n. 5, 4 n. 10;
- charge imbalance, 1, 2 nn. 7, 9; 3 n. 13;
- domestic supply, 1, 2, 3, 4 n. 17;
- insulation, 1, 2 n. 17, 3 n. 17;
- long-distance transmission, 1;
- within cells, 1, 2 n. 17;
- see also conductors, domestic appliances, National Grid, power stations, semiconductors, wire coil
- electrodynamics, 1
- electromagnetic fields, 1
- electromagnetic force, 1, 2, 3
- electromagnetic spectrum, 1 n. 11
- electromagnetic waves, 1, 2
- electromagnetism, 1, 2, 3 n. 4;
- Maxwell’s theory of, 1
- electron degeneracy pressure, 1 n. 15
- electron-neutrinos, see neutrinos
- electron waves, 1, 2, 3, 4 n. 3, 5 n. 15, 6 n. 19, 7 n. 11
- electrons, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 nn. 1, 3, 4; 16 nn. 6, 7; 17 n. 2, 18 nn. 3, 4; 19 n. 5, 20 n. 9, 21 nn. 15, 17; 22 n. 5, 23 n. 10, 24 n. 8, 25 n. 14;
- combination, 1, 2, 3 n. 2;
- indistinguishability, 1, 2 n. 19, 3 n. 11;
- orbit, 1, 2, 3, 4;
- positively/negatively charged, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n. 5, 7 n. 10, 8 n. 13;
- and quantum theory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 n. 8, 6 n. 15;
- shell arrangement, 1, 2, 3 n. 3;
- spin, 1, 2, 3, 4 nn. 9, 10, 5 n. 19, 6 n. 11
- electroweak force, 1
- elements, 1
- Eliot, T. S., 1
- ellipse, 1 n. 10
- embryo development, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n. 7
- emergence, 1, 2
- employment, 1
- endoplastic reticulum, 1
- energy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n. 8;
- chemical, 1, 2, 3;
- density, 1, 2 n. 11, 3 n. 13;
- dissipation, 1 n. 17;
- efficiency, 1, 2, 3 n. 7;
- electrical, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
- explosive, 1, 2 n. 4;
- generation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
- geochemical, 1 n. 11;
- gravitational, 1, 2, 3, 4;
- heat, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 n. 19, 11 n. 3, 12 n. 7;
- law of conservation of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 n. 4, 7 n. 6, 8 n. 10;
- liberation of, 1, 2, 3;
- light, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 n. 11;
- loss, 1;
- lowest, 1 n. 3;
- magnetic, 1 n. 19;
- and mass, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 n. 5;
- minimisation, 1, 2;
- of motion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 n. 1, 6 n. 14, 7 n. 6;
- nuclear, 1;
- orbital, 1;
- per person, 1;
- requirement, 1;
- solar, 1, 2, 3 n. 11, 4 n. 1;
- sound, 1, 2, 3;
- source, chemical, 1;
- surplus, 1, 2, 3 n. 6;
- transformation, 1;
- ultra-high, 1;
- and work, 1, 2, 3 n. 1;
- see also dark energy, sunlight
- ‘Enigma’ code, 1
- entropy, 1, 2, 3 n. 8, 4 nn. 12, 14; 5 n. 9
- epigenetics, 1
- ‘epoch of last scattering’, see ‘last scattering, epoch of ’
- ESA (European Space Agency), 1
- eukaryotes, 1, 2, 3, 4 n. 5; 5 n. 10;
- cytoskeleton, 1
- eukaryotic cells, 1, 2, 3 n. 6;
- fusion, 1
- Euphrates river, 1
- Europe, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- evaporation, 1
- event horizon, 1, 2, 3
- Everest, Mount, 1 n. 12
- evolution, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
- see also artificial selection, natural selection
- evolution, human, 1
- exchange particle, 1
- exchange rate, 1, 2
- extinction, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Everything, Theory of, 1, 2
- eye, 1, 2, 3, 4;
- retina, 1
- eye colour, see genes