Pericles 232
Peru 181, 198, 199, 236
petrochemicals 103
pH scale 94
photography 118, 266–7
photosphere 136
photosynthesis 10, 11
pigs 56
pike 29
pine trees 12, 13, 18
piranhas 29, 198
pivots 116, 117
plague, bubonic 246
planets 100, 104, 105, 132, 138–9
moons 140–1
space missions to 148, 149
plankton 22–3
plants 10–11, 93, 202
earliest 129
relationships 52–3
see also flowers; fruits; trees
plasma 72
plastics 102, 103
plate tectonics 156–7, 158, 160,
162, 164
platelets 72
platinum 170
Pluto 139, 149
poetry 263
poison dart frogs 34 , 224
polar regions 184
poles 108–9
politics 214–15
pollination 14 , 15 , 53
pollution 188, 189
pond skaters 50–1
Pop art 255
population 251
porcupines 39
portraits 254, 255, 266
Portugal 200, 238, 261
potassium 90
potassium permanganate
97
potatoes 85, 186
power stations 110–11
Prague 201
prairies 197
prawns 33
praying mantis 38
prehistory 228–9
presidents 215
US 216–17
printing 118
production 212
proteins 84protests 214 , 250
protists 20
puffballs 19
pufferfish 28
pulleys 116
pulsars 133
pupae 24, 37
Puppis 134–5
Pythagoras 232
pythons 38, 40Q
quails’ eggs 48 , 151R
rabbits 56, 57, 58
radar systems 113
radio 119, 250, 264–5
radio waves 113
radioactivity 90, 124
railways 118, 122–3, 244–5
rain 100
acid 189
rainbows 115
rainforests 184 , 189, 193, 198,
199, 202
living in 224–5
rapping 274
rattlesnakes 41
raw materials 213
rays (fish) 28
refrigerators 250
Reichstag 256
relativity 125
religion 195, 218–19, 236–7, 258
see also Buddhism;
Christianity; Hinduism; Islam;
Judaism
remoras 53
reproduction, human 80–1
reptiles 21, 37, 40–1
republics 215
respiratory system 68, 70–1
revolutions 242–3
rheas 46
rice 186
Richter Scale 160
Rio de Janeiro 223
rivers 179, 180–1, 182, 193, 231
robots 120–1
rocks 166–7, 178–9, 182–3, 203,
209rodents 54
Roman Catholic Church 218 , 223
Rome, Ancient 232–3, 239, 256,
261
roots 10–11
rubber 103
Russia 201, 247, 262
language 261
space programme 148, 149,
150, 151
Russian Revolution 243S
Saint Lucia, feast of 221
salamanders 34 , 35 , 259
salmon 29
salt 92
San Andreas Fault 157, 160
San Francisco 160, 189
sandpipers 49
sandstone 166 , 178
satellites 119 , 148, 149, 177, 208,
264, 265
Saturn 139 , 141, 148, 149
Saudi Arabia 194, 222
scallops 43
science fiction 262, 270
scientists 124–5
scorpions 20, 38 , 197
screw mechanism 116, 117
sculpture 255
sea anemone 50
sea urchins 45
seahorses 28
seals 56, 204
seeds 10, 13, 16, 17
senses 77, 78–9
sewers 247
Shakespeare, William 263
sharks 30, 53
sheep 56, 202–3
shells 44–5
ships 123, 238–9
charts 209
shrimps 33
sidewinders 50
silicon 91
silk 102
silver 170 , 202
skeleton 64–5, 70
skin 74 , 79
skulls 58–9, 64, 172–3
skunks 39
sleep 56–7sloths, two-toed 56–7
slugs 21, 42 , 43
smallpox 246, 247
smartphone 264
smell 79
snails 21, 42 , 44–5, 50
snakes 21, 38, 40–1, 50, 197, 259
soap 95
Socrates 232
soil 11
Solar System 125, 129
comets 142–3, 149
meteorites 144–5
moons 140–1
Sun 112, 125, 129, 132, 136–7
see also Earth; Moon
(Earth’s); planets; space,
outer; stars
solids 98
solutions 97
South Africa 192, 193, 251
South America 162, 180, 181,
186, 198–9
see also Brazil; Chile; Peru;
Venezuela
Southern Ocean 165, 205
soya beans 186
space, outer 100, 104–5, 126–51
Universe 128–9
see also astronomy;
Solar System; stars
space exploration 148–9
astronauts 148, 149, 150–1
robot craft 121
zero gravity 105
Spain 183, 201, 254, 257, 263
flag 207
flamenco 273
language 261
sparrowhawks 48
spectacles 118
sperm 80
spiders 20 , 151, 202
spinal cord 68
spleen 68 , 73
spores 18, 19
sport 194, 196, 200, 202, 278–9
squid 21, 42 , 50
stalagmites and stalactites 182
stamens 14
starch 85
starfish 50, 51
stars 104, 105, 132–3
constellations 134–5
galaxies 126–7, 128, 130–1
state, the 214–15298-303_INDEX.indd 302 03/01/19 12:11 PM