Index 347
Whewell, William (1794 – 1866), 5
Whitehead, Alfred North (1861 – 1947), 1
Widmann, Erasmus (1572 – 1634), 74
Willaert, Adrian (ca. 1490 – 1562), 61
Williams, L. Pearce, 198, 205, 207
Wolff, Christian (1679 – 1754), 146, 151
Wollaston, William (1766 – 1828), 245
Wonder, 29, 93, 280
Wunderkammer , 205
Xerography, 182
Young, Thomas (1773 – 1829), 4, 161 – 181, 198, 200,
205, 210, 276
and color vision, 172 – 173, 217 – 219, 223, 231, 273
and ether, 172, 178 – 179, 214 – 215
and Euler, 131, 154
Zarlino, Gioseffo (1517 – 1590), 48 – 53, 70 – 71,
77 – 78, 85, 137
Z boson, 281
Zero, concept of, 14 – 16, 148
Zeta function, 145, 232