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Science at the Frontier: Volume I
Big Bang theory, 67-70 , 74-79 , 82 , 90 , 93
blue curtain, 85-87 , 88
computer applications, 71-72 , 77 , 86-88 , 90 , 92 , 149
dark matter, 67-72 , 80 , 84-91
gravitational lensing, 84-91
gravity's role, 68-71 , 79 , 87-91
imaging technology, 67 , 85-90
measurements (basic) in space, 72-73 , 76-77
omega, 68-69 , 80
quasar studies, 73 , 78 , 80-84
redshift data, 70 , 71 , 77-82 , 91 , 92 , 93
star formation, 91-93
universe texture, 69-74
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 67 , 75 , 153 , 244 , 245
Atmospheric science
chemistry of atmosphere, 182 , 183-191
chlorofluorocarbons, 179 , 184
computational experimentation, 191
computer simulations, 178-179 , 191-194
definition of problems, 180-181
historical perspective, 187
measurement of pollutants, 187-188
nighttime chemistry, 188-191
ozone layer, 179 , 183-184
ozone pollution, 184-187
pollution control laws, 194-197
public interests of, 197-198
regulatory issues, 179 , 181-183
role of, 179
see also Air pollution
Atomic theory of matter, 26
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Bacteria, photosynthesis in, 32
Balaban, Robert, 120 , 132
Balance scale, 26
Bancel, Peter, 247
Bardeen, John, 155 , 156 , 235 , 243
Baryons, 76
Bechtold, Jill, 73 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 91
Bednorz, J. Georg, 233
Berger, Robert, 248
Berk, Arnold, 99 , 105 , 111
Bertschinger, Edmund, 70 , 90-91
Big Bang theory, 3-4 , 70 , 77
evidence for, 74-75 , 77 , 79
formation of heavier elements, 82
galaxy formation, 90
microwave background radiation and, 75
missing-mass problem, 67-68
and Omega, 69
redshift and, 78 , 93
relativity and, 76
series of events, 75-76
Binary systems, 153-154
Biology
central dogma of, 101-103
data compressibility in, 58-60
dynamical systems in, 57-60 , 94 , 100 , 113 , 216
neural networks, 201
Bipolarons, 244
Birkhoff, Garrett, 150
Birkhoff, George, 48 , 49
Black holes, 81-82 , 85
Bloch, Felix, 123 , 124
Bloembergen, Nicholaas, 129
Blood-brain barrier, 143
Blood flow and vessels, imaging of, 139-140
Bloxham, Jeremy, 3 , 20 , 22
Blueshifted light, 79
Body waves, 10
Bohr, Niels, 123
Bones, magnetic resonance imaging of, 134-137
Boole, George, 153
Boolean logic, 154
Born, Max, 123
Boson, 244
