history 293, 413 , 414 , 417 , 424 , 427, 435, 437
people 226, 294, 296, 361, 380, 409
space program 30–32, 227
Thanksgiving 227
western 43, 50, 55, 169, 228–29, 380
see also Hawaii; New York City
Universe 26 , 156
Ur, Iraq 368
uranium 160, 161, 167
Uranus 14, 20
urbanization 64, 418, 419
urinary system 129, 147
Uruguay 233, 236, 237
uterus 129, 148
Uzbekistan 260, 262, 263
V
vacuole 73
vacuum cleaners 194
vacuum flasks 169
Van den Hoogenband, Pieter 357
Van Gogh, Vincent 321, 324
Van Leeuwenhoek, Anton 411
vanishing point 321
Vatican City 216, 218, 253
Vega 13
veins 134 , 146
vena cava 134, 135, 146
Venezuela 232–33, 234, 235, 420
Venice, Italy 252, 323
venom 116
ventricles 135
Venus 14, 18
Venus flytraps 89
Verdi, Giuseppe 338
Vermeer, Jan 324
Versailles, France 410, 415
verse 343
vertebrae 128, 130, 131, 135, 138, 146, 149
vertebrates 102 , 112–23
Victoria, Queen 422, 437
Victoria Falls, Zambia 220, 239
Vietnam 216, 261, 270, 271
Vietnam War 435
Viking landers 29
Vikings 388, 436
villi 144, 145
Virgo Cluster 27
virtual reality 190
viruses 85 , 151
Vishnu 286, 293
vision 99, 122, 140–41
vitamins 145, 146, 150
vocal cords 136
volcanoes 44 , 249, 260, 271
islands 42, 231, 272, 374
planetary 18, 19
volcanology 38
Volpone 345
voltage 185, 187
volunteering 301
Voyager probes 20, 22
vultures 98
W
Wales 250, 251, 436, 437
Wall Street Crash 430
walruses 84, 277
war 313 , 315, 317, 372, 373, 377, 390, 437
American Civil War 424
American Indian Wars 417
English Civil War 406, 437
Middle East 435
Napoleonic Wars 416
Spanish Civil War 431
Thirty Years’ War 406
Vietnam War 435
World War I 426–27, 428
World War II 432–33
see also civil wars
Washington, George 226, 229, 414
Washington, D.C., USA 226, 227, 435
water 156, 157, 162, 169, 172
erosion 55
human body 130, 147, 150
seawater 40, 172, 265
water cycle 52, 81
watercolours 321
waterfalls 56, 215, 220, 225, 239
Watson, James 209
Watt, James 198, 437
wattage 185
waves:
brainwaves 139
electromagnetic 193
energy 159
light 178, 193
sound 176, 177 , 178
water 41 , 59
wealth 305 , 309, 316
weapons and armour:
ancient 376, 377
historical 388, 391, 392, 405, 407, 424
modern 313, 427, 433
stone age 363
weather 50–54
weaver birds 118
Weber, Mary Ellen 305
wedges 197
weedkillers 207
Wegener, Alfred Lothar 39
weight 148, 150, 164
weight lifting 357
weightlessness 30
welfare 308, 309 , 437
welwitschia 84
wetlands 57, 80, 83 , 259
whales 84, 96, 99, 100, 109, 119, 120, 277
wheat 364, 370
wheels 196, 201
whirling dervishes 336
Whittle, Frank 199
Wilde, Oscar 345, 346
wildebeest 83, 119
William the Conqueror 389, 436
Williams, Serena 355
wind power 61, 248
windpipe 136, 137
winds 50, 51, 54, 55
wine 208, 252
wireless technology 190
Wolfe, James 417
wolves 98, 100, 365
womb 129, 148
Wonder, Stevie 304
woodlands 81, 84, 88
woodlice 109
Woods, Tiger 352, 355
Woodstock 330
World Cup 329, 354
world maps 214–15, 216–17, 422–23
World War I 426–27, 428, 437
World War II 432–33, 437
World Wide Web 191
wormholes 158
worms 48, 77, 101, 102, 105 , 117
Wright, Joseph 411
writers 340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 348
writing 339 , 369
see also literatureX
X-rays 129 , 130, 137, 143, 147, 151, 193
xylem 89, 94Y
Yahtzee 350
yeast 86, 208
yellow fever 85
yin and yang 285
Yoruba 395
Yosemite National Park, USA 228
Yugoslavia 256, 317Z
Zambia 150, 220, 239, 244, 245
Zamosc, Poland 399
Zanzibar 239, 395
Zapotecs 282
Zarathustra 284
zebras 68–69, 83, 98, 120
Zephaniah, Benjamin 343
zero 169, 379
Zhang, Ziyi 346
Zheng He 401
ziggurats 368
zoology 72
Zoroaster 293, 375
Zoroastrianism 281, 284Index^445