304Reinhard Dirscherl 1tr, 109cl; Domino 231tl;
Elsa 179br; Bob Elsdale 110b; Grant Faint 230
(racing car); Tim Fitzharris 56—57; Tim Flach 79cl;
David Fleetham 110cl (Octopus); Robert Fournier
77br; FPG / Keystone 235tl; David R Frazier 55tr;
James French 159ca; Robert Frerck 164br; Ziyah
Gafic 214l; Roger Garwood & Trish Ainslie 59—
59t; Ezio Geneletti 225cra; Georgette Douwma
60br, 77cr, 83tc, 92fcr; Daisy Gilardini 65clb, 70bl,
70—71b; Tim Graham 4ftr, 127bl, 136tl; George
Grall 74br, 100br, 111 (Beetle); Jorg Greuel 60tr,
68bl; Jan Greune 68-69; Christopher Groenhout
124bl; Jeffrey Hamilton 229c; Robert Harding
World Imagery 78cla; GK Hart / Vikki Hart 243bl;
Gavin Hellier 146br, 148tr, 149bl, 219tc, 225cr;
Masanobu Hirose 51; Bruno De Hogues 176br;
Ross M Horowitz 63ftr; Simeone Huber 147;
Hulton Archive 173crb, 185cl, 199cla, 200tr,
205br, 206bc, 207bl, 209bc, 210cr, 210-211, 219tr,
235tr; Daniel Hurst 231tr; Ichiro 238bl; Image
Source 176c, 251br, 264t; The Image Bank / Barros
& Barros 175tc; The Image Bank / Bob Stefko 93tc;
The Image Bank / Frans Lemmens 92cr; The Image
Bank / Gavin Gough 160fbr; The Image Bank /
Tim Graham 161t (background); Imagewerks Japan
258; Alexander Joe / Afp 178crb; Steven Kaziowski
70c; Ken King 110cl (Ants); Ted Kinsman 1bc,
243fbl; Jonathan Kitchen 231bc; Tim Kiusalaas
230t; Frank Krahmer 138cl; Cameron Lawson
224cl; Lester Lefkowitz 94br; Frans Lemmens 63bc;
Darryl Leniuk 234br; Ron Levine 267tr; Look /
Bernard van Dierendonck 179tr; Look / Jan Greune
57tl; Ken Lucas 72bc; Zac Macaulay 77bc; Macduff
Everton 38cr, 163c; Spike Mafford 65cr; Roine
Magnusson 58br; Ray Massey 232b; Kent Mathews
233bc; Khin Maung Win / AFP 216bc; Ian
McAllister 65cb; Dennis McColeman 250bl, 254cb;
Joe McDonald 120cr; Walter B McKenzie 116cl;
Ian Mckinnell 251tl, 262—263; Kendall
McMinimy 111 (Jellyfish); Medioimages /
Photodisc 161ftr; A. Messerschmidt 261tc; Roberto
Mettifogo 218bc, 234—235c; Arthur Meyerson
214—215b; Donald Miralle 178fbl; Alan R Moller
55bl; Laurence Monneret 81cr; Bruno Morandi 3tl,
144t; Bryan Mullennix 111cr; Darlyne A. Murawski
113tr, 122cl; Narinder Nanu / AFP 160bc; NASA
265tl; National Geographic 28—29, 53br, 59tc,
59tr, 107tl, 111 (Starfish), 111tr, 184tl, 230
(saucepan), 231br; National Geographic / Alison
Wright 160t; National Geographic / Frans Lanting
92fcl; National Geographic / Michael S. Quinton
71fbr; National Geographic / Paul Nicklen 57tr,
71cl, 71cr; National Geographic / Roy Toft 96cl;
Marvin E. Newman 73c; Kyle Newton 239br;
Paul Nicklen 76bl; Laurie Noble 137cr; Thomas
Northcut 68clb; Michael Ochs Archives 173ca;
Stan Osolinski 73fbr; Panoramic Images 2crb, 56bl,
64b, 66—67c, 76—77, 83tr, 110fcr (Butterfly),
304; Grove Pashley 229br; Danilo Pavone 91fcr;
Jose Luis Pelaez 79fcr, 242bc; Per Magnus Persson
227cr; Photodisc 49c, 81tl, 256clb; Photodisc /
InterNetwork Media 35tl; Photodisc / Sami Sarkis
60bl; Photographer’s Choice / Derek Croucher 92
(ladybird); Photographer’s Choice / Harald Sund
71tl; Photographer’s Choice / Kevin Schafer 103tr;
Photographer’s Choice RR / Harald Sund 93tl;
Photonica / Theo Allofs 71br; Picture It Now /
Handout 178—1179t; Paul Piebinga 72tc;
Christopher Pillitz 78b; Popperfoto 211bc, 213tl;
Terje Rakke 75cb; Gary Randall 149cl; James
Randklev 66—67b; Rapsodia 142b; Mitch Reardon
150—151b; Dan Regan 179cra; Rich Reid 62bl;Gabrielle Revere 291bl; Curtis W Richter 69tr;
Riser / John & Lisa Merrill 102crb; Riser / Michael
Blann 174ca; Patrick Riviere 92br; Robert Harding
World Imagery / Steve & Ann Toon 93bl; Robert
Harding World Imagery / Thorsten Milse 93tr; Lew
Robertson 205cl; Marc Romanelli 231cl; Michael
Rosenfeld 126bc, 145t; Martin Ruegner 219br,
231cr; Andy Sacks 236c; Dave Saunders 42t; Kevin
Schafer 61tr; Gregor Schuster 263tl; Louis
Schwartzberg 95cr; Zen Shui / Laurence Mouton
231c; Gail Shumway 83tl, 101bl; Alan Smith 132cr;
Philip & Karen Smith 37cr, 230 (dam); Paul
Souders 65crb; Bob Stefko 65br; Stockbyte 60cra,
65tr, 250—251, 264—265; Stocktrek Images 24—
25; Stone / Frank Krahmer 71bl; Stone /
Freudenthal Verhagen 92cl; Stone / Jody Dole 60-
61 (insects); Stone / Louis Fox 179bl; Stone / Theo
Allofs 2fbr, 93ca; STR / AFP / Jiji Press 178; Studio
Paggy 162tl; Keren Su 99cr, 195cr; Jim Sugar /
Science Faction 1tl, 29tl, 34; Harald Sund 59br;
Taxi / Ken Reid 46fbl; Ron & Patty Thomas 4tc,
53cr, 62cb; David Tipling 59tl; Travel Ink 72tr;
Travelpix Ltd. 68cl, 261br; Yoshikazu Tsuno 3crb,
261tr; Pete Turner 52b, 241b; Shiva Twin 80—81;
Joseph Van Os 53crb, 68c; Gandee Vasan 54bc;
Visuals Unlimited 229cr; Visuals Unlimited / Joe
McDonald 92c; Ami Vitale 160cr; Zelda Wahl
141c; Andrew H. Walker 177tl; Jeremy Walker
60bc; Caroline Warren 1tc, 60tl; Bridget Webber
230 (cooling towers); Westend61 49br; Stuart
Westmorland 77bl; Ralph Wetmore 236cr; Andy
Whale 229cl; Darwin Wiggett 133crb; Win-
Initiative 135; WireImage 173br, 173c, 173fbr; Arte
Wolfe 58bl; Ted Wood 63cr; World Perspectives
54—55t, 130bl, 146bl; David Wrobel 75bl;
Norbert Wu 60crb, 73r, 141br; Zap Art 262-263
(Background); Andy Zito 263ftr (Global Village4);
Polly Greathouse: 266bc, 266bl; Honda (UK):
Honda.com 258 (all); Imagestate: AGE Fotostock
187; Jose Fuste Raga 195t; iRobot Corporation:
267br; iStockphoto.com: 156-180 (sidebar),
255bl, 262cb, 263clb, 263tr; Terry J Alcorn 197cr;
Aldra 110tc; Kimberly Deprey 127tc, 132c; Alf
Ertsland 205c; Arthur Carlo Franco 105tr; Bradley
Gallup 201br; Boris Hajdarevic 204-205c; Kemie
167cra; Eric Hood 271tc, 282crb; Gertjan Hooijer
91tr; Scott Kochsiek 30crb; Richard Laurence 93c;
Shaun Lowe 6-26 (sidebar), 9t; Eileen Morris
189bl; Pete Muller 105tc; Kevin Panizza 119tr; Jan
Rysavy 29br, 53cra; Dennis Sabo 111 (Sponges);
sgame 291cr; Baris Simsek 218-219; Stephen Sweet
202c; Stefanie Timmermann 254bc; Dean Turner
56-80 (sidebar); Joan Vicent Cantó Roig 119c;
Andrey Volodin 262br; Sandra vom Stein 28-54
(sidebar); Duncan Walker 197br, 218-246 (sidebar);
jason walton 182-214 (sidebar); Dane Wirtzfeld
178cra; Dan Wood 17b; x-drew 191cr; Serdar Yagci
190fbr; Tomasz Zachariasz 110tr; The Kobal
Collection: Different Tree Same Wood 177br;
Golden Harvest 177bc; Stefan Kröpelin,
University of Cologne: 138br; Mary Evans Picture
Library: 187clb, 198bl; Courtesy of the NAIC -
Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF:
Arecibo Observatory / NSF 7tl, 8-9b; NASA: 2ftr,
2tr, 7tc, 10ftr, 12bl, 22cb, 22t, 23bc, 25cra, 235cb;
ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI /
AURA) 10cr; ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team
(STSCI/AURA) / J. Blakeslee (Washington State
University) 10cra; ESA and The Hubble Heritage
Team (STSCI/AURA) / P. Knezek (WIYN) 10tr;
ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team
(STScI/AURA) 13bl; ESA/J. Hester and A. Loll(Arizona State University) 235bl; ESA/S. Beckwith
(STScI) and the HUDF Team 10b; Andrew
Fruchter and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett
(STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay
(STScI)] 11bc; Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/
STScI) 20br; Johnson Space Center 23bl, 23clb,
23tr; JPL-Caltech/UA/Lockheed Martin 27br;
JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona 26br; Kennedy
Space Center 19tl; naturepl.com: Aflo 86bl; Ingo
Arndt 113cr; Eric Baccega 99br; Peter Blackwell
103tl; Jurgen Freund 91cr; David Hall 119cl; Tony
Heald 104b; Michael D. Kern 102tr; Kim Taylor
116clb, 117cra; Luiz Claudio Marigo 105br; Rolf
Nussbaumer 89; Andrew Parkinson 98bl; Philippe
Clement 89bl, 89tl; Premaphotos 111bl, 116bc; Jeff
Rotman 118bl; Anup Shah 103c; David Shale
118br; David Tipling 106cr; Dave Watts 95t;
NHPA / Photoshot: James Carmichael Jnr 113bc;
James Carmichael Jr. 85cr; Stephen Dalton 121cla,
121cra; Daniel Heuclin 117tl; Cede Prudente
120tr; James Warwick 84tl; PA Photos: AP Photo
250br, 257tc, 259c, 262l, 266cr; Carl Bento / AP
92cb; Deutsche Press-Agentur 264tr; US Army
265tr; Laurie Hatch Photography: 20;
Photolibrary: 173tc; Michael Fogden / Oxford
Scientific (OSF) 101cr; Image100 171c, 171cr;
North Wind Pictures 202br; Oxford Scientific
(OSF) 108bc; Alain Pol 280; Lew Robertson 165bc;
PrairieHill Photography USA: 115bc; Science &
Society Picture Library: 252cr, 252cra; Science
Photo Library: 256bc, 256br; AJ Photo 256tl;
ALIX 247cl; Charles Angelo 119br; A. Barrington
Brown 246br; John Bavosi 246cr; Juergen Berger
257br; Andrew Brookes / National Physical
Laboratory 249cr; Carolyn Brown 188bl; BSIP,
Cavallini James 284bl; Dr. Jeremy Burgess 87tr,
88tc, 115clb; Claude Nuridsany & Marie Perennou
121clb; Russell Croman 31bc, 31bl, 31br, 31cl,
31cr, 31cra, 31tc (moon phases), 31tl, 53tr; Andy
Crump 256c; Christian Darkin 269cra; Michael
Donne, University of Manchester 249bc, 249br;
John Durham 87l; Eye of Science 277bc; Peter
Faulkner 85cl; Dante Fenolio 49clb; Mauro
Fermariello 248tr; Clive Freeman / Biosym
Technologies 223b, 298-299; Mark Garlick 15bc;
GE Medical Systems 239tl; Pascal Goetgheluck
269cr; Johnny Greig 261bl; Neal Grundy 238-239c;
Steve Gschmeissner 85ca, 285tr, 286tr; Gusto
Images 257bc, 275br; Tony & Daphne Hallas 19cl;
David A. Hardy 228t; David Hardy 11br; Roger
Harris 237t; George Holton 186t; The International
Astronomical Union 14—15cr; Makoto Iwafuji
247tr; Adam Jones 38br; Manfred Kage 268tr;
James King-Holmes 247br, 247tl, 265c; Edward
Kinsman 90c, 221tc, 238c, 238cb; Ted Kinsman
230bl; K.H. Kjeldsen 123br; Mehau Kulyk 270br,
281tr; Andrew Lambert Photography 225tr, 238t;
Martin Land 36cl; Lawrence Lawry 88br; Dr.
Najeeb Layyous 288br; Leonard Lessin 79cr; David
Mack 288l; Dr. P. Marazzi 248bc; Richard Marpole
88tr; Tom Mchugh 109bl, 121crb; Medi-mation
271c; Medical RF.com 257tl, 279c; Prof. P. Motta /
Dept. of Anatomy / University ‘La Sapienza’, Rome
271tl, 277br; Louise Murray 266br; NASA 3cr, 7br,
23, 27bl, 27cr; NASA / ESA / B Whitmore / STScI-
AURA 11t; NASA / JPL 234t; NASA / JPL-Caltech
/ STScI 12c; National Library of Medicine 247bl;
National Museum, Denmark 256bl; NREL / US
Department of Energy 43tr; David Nunuk 21bl;
Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perenou 115bl, 115cl,
115fbl; Gregory Ochocki 51bl; Omikron 283bl;
David Parker 282tr; Alfred Pasieka 270-271;Nancy Pierce 249bl; Philippe Plailly 14bl; Doug
Plummer 46—47; Paul Rapson 237bl, 249cl; John
Reader 186bl; John Sanford 17tr; Chris Sattlberger
241tl; Friedrich Saurer 23crb; Science Pictures Ltd.
123cr; Seymour 242br; Dr. Seth Shostak 21bc;
Sinclair Stammers 186fbr; George Steinmetz 194—
195; W.T Sullivan III 128t; Mark Sykes 225bl;
Andrew Syred 90b, 123bl, 246c; David Taylor 39br;
TEK Image 240l; Geoff Tompkinson 5tr, 274c;
US Air Force 269br; US Department of Energy
211br; US Geological Survey 26cb, 26—27ca;
Jim Varney 248cl; Jeremy Walker 88tl; Wellcome
Dept. of Cognitive Neurology 281br; Dr. Keith
Wheeler 123cra, 123tc, 123tr; Dirk Wiersma 38tl;
Charles D. Winters 225bc, 226t; Dr. Torsten
Wittmann 236br; Dr. A. YazdaniI & Dr. D.J.
Hornbaker 268br; Victor Habbick Visions 251tr,
256cr, 269t; SeaPics.com: 109tc, 112crb, 118t,
121bc; Gary Bell 93bc; Rudie Kuiter 108clb;
SOHO/EIT (ESA & NASA): 6bl, 13tr; Still
Pictures: Randy Brandon 43tl; Swissdent
Cosmetics AG (www.swissdent.com): 269bc;
Tesla Motors: 1br, 259bl, 259br; TopFoto.co.uk:
252ca; The Granger Collection 254bl; University
of Dundee Archive Services: Michael Peto
Collection: 93l; Virtusphere, Inc.: 264bl;
Wellcome Library, London: Kate Whitley 282br;
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia: 23br
Jacket images: Front: Alamy Images: Vic Pigula ftr.
Getty Images: DAJ tr; Photographer’s Choice /
Cristian Baitg bl; Taxi / Micheal Simpson tl. NASA:
JSC-ES&IA fbr. naturepl.com: Aflo c.
Photolibrary: Corbis ftl. Science Photo Library:
Bernhard Edmaier br. Back: Getty Images:
Photonica / A.T. White c; Taxi / Jeff Sherman ftl;
Taxi / Space Frontiers ftr. naturepl.com: Kim Taylor
tl. Spine: Science Photo Library: Andrew Syred t.
Front Flaps: Science Photo Library: Paul Whitehill.
Back Flaps: Science Photo Library: Daniel
Sambraus.
All other images © Dorling Kindersley
For further information see: http://www.dkimages.com
Dorling Kindersley would also
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Dr. Amy-Jane Beer, Alex Cox, Leon Gray, Sue
Malyan, Penny Smith, and Chris Woodford
Design assistance: Natalie Godwin, Emma Forge,
Tom Forge, Poppy Joslin, Katie Newman, Anna
Plucinska, Laura Roberts-Jensen, Pamela Shiels,
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