Index
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main entries3-D printer 119A
Aboriginals 202, 203
acid rain 189
acids 94–5
actinides 90
actors 268
advertising 266
aeroplanes 119, 122–3, 251
Africa 163, 192–3, 255, 273
African Union 211
Agrippina 233
AIDS 250
air resistance 105
Alaska 160, 162, 163
albatrosses 8–9, 47
Alexander the Great 232
algae 22, 43, 52, 53
alkalis 94–5
metals 90
alliances 210–11
Allianz Arena 257
aluminium 171
alveoli 71
Amazon River 198, 199
American Revolution 242
Americas see
Central America;
North America;
South America;
United States of America
ammonia 93
Ampère, André-
Marie 124
amphibians 20, 34–5, 36
analgesics 86
Andes 162, 198, 199
Andromeda galaxy 130–1
Angel Falls 180, 198
animals 16, 20–1
in ancient civilizations
231
around the world 193,
194, 197, 198, 202, 204
attack and defence 38–9
earliest 129
endangered 189
feeding 30–1
life cycles 36–7
movement 50–1animals continued
relationships 52–3
skulls 58–9
sleep 56–7
as symbols 259
see also amphibians; birds;
crustaceans; fish; insects;
mammals; molluscs;
plankton; reptiles
animation 270
Antarctica 152–3, 163, 165, 204–5
anteaters 31, 59
antelope 59
antibiotics 86
antioxidants 85
antlers 59
ants 25 , 52, 53
apartheid 251
apes 55
aphids 52, 53
Apollo space missions 148, 149,
150
apples 96
Arabic language 260
arachnids 20
architecture 256–7
Arctic 184, 224–5
Arctic Ocean 165
armadillos 56, 57, 58
armour 240
art 201, 202, 252–5
Art Deco 254
arteries 72
artists 254–5
ASEAN (Association of
Southeast Asian Nations)
211
Asia 174, 194–5
asteroids 139, 144, 149
astronauts 105, 148, 149, 150–1
astronomy 124, 125
see also space, outer
Athens 222, 232
Atlantic Ocean 164
atmosphere 122, 155
atoms 92–3, 96, 98–9
Augustus, Emperor 233
auk, great 48
Australasia and
Oceania 202–3
see also
Australia;
New Zealand
Australia 178, 202–3, 207,
224
Aztecs 236–7B
babies, human 56, 80–1
baboons 59
bacteria 20, 247
badgers 58
ballot boxes 215
bananas 16, 187
barnacles 32
barracudas 59
Barringer Crater 144–5
basalt 159, 166
bases 94–5
bats 38, 54, 56
batteries 125
Bay of Bengal 195
bears 31, 56–7
bees 25 , 94, 187
beetles 25
Bengali language 261
berries 13, 16, 17
Big Bang 128
birds 8–9, 20, 46–7, 202
colour vision14, 17
eggs 48–9
feeding 30, 31
pollination by 13, 14, 53
skulls 58
black holes 105 , 133
bladder 66, 69
blood 72–3
cells 60–1, 62, 63, 68, 72–3
blowpipes 224–5
body, human 60–87
blood 60–1, 62, 63, 68, 72–3
brain 68, 76–7, 80, 81
genetics 82–3
health 86–7
muscles 66–7, 70
nutrition 84–5, 87
reproduction 80–1
respiratory system 68, 70–1
senses 77, 78–9
skeleton 64–5, 70
skin, hair, and nails 74–5
systems and organs 68–9
water content 100
see also cells, human
Bollywood 195, 271
bomb disposal 121
bones 64–5, 70, 80, 84
see also skulls
Book of Hours 234–5
books 237, 255, 262–3, 264
boomerangs 224
bows and arrows 118, 240boxfish 28
brain 68, 76–7, 80, 81
Brazil 198, 223
bread 85, 97
Britain see United Kingdom
broad beans 17
Broca’s area 76
bromine 91
bronchial tree 70–1
bronze 229
Buddhism 195, 218 , 258
buildings 208, 256–7
Bunsen burner 124
Burj Khalifa 257
burning (chemistry) 96
butterflies 20, 24 , 27, 37 , 194
Byzantine empire 226–7C
caecilians 35
Caesar, Julius 233
calcite 166 , 182, 183
calculator, mechanical 124
calendars 237
California, USA 12, 160, 178
see also Los Angeles;
San Francisco
camels 225
cameras 118, 266–7
camouflage 39, 241
Canada 188, 196, 197, 220, 225
Canis Minor and Major 134–5
canyons 179 , 197
capillaries 72
caravels 238
carbohydrates 84, 85
carbon 93, 103
carp 29 , 259
cars 105, 106–7, 119 , 122 , 194,
200, 251
cartoon art 255
see also animation
castles 234–5
Castro, Fidel 243
catalysts 97
caterpillars 24, 37
cats 57
caves 182
CDs (compact discs) 119
cells, human 60–3, 68, 70
blood 60–1, 62, 63, 68, 72–3
reproduction 80, 81
Cenozoic era 173
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