by Brian Clegg
upper atmosphere 1
V
vacuum 1
vacuum flask 1
vacuum tubes 1
valves 1
vapours, absorption 1
vector calculus 1, 2
vectors 1, 2, 3
velocity, as unit of resistance 1
verse 1, 2, 3
Victoria, Queen 1
Victoria and Albert Museum 1
View-Master 1
viscosity 1, 2, 3
and temperature 1, 2 viscosity engine 1
volt 1
Volta, Alessandro 1
vortex 1
vortices 1, 2
W
water, properties 1
Watt, James 1
waves in ether 1
speed 1
transverse 1, 2
see also electromagnetic waves
Wheatstone, Charles 1, 2, 3, 4
Wheatstone bridge 1
Wiener, Norbert 1
Wilberforce, Samuel 1
Windsor College, Nova Scotia 1
Wollaston, William 1, 2
Working Men’s College 1
Wranglers 1, 2, 3
X
X Club 1
Y
yellow 1
Young, Thomas 1, 2
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Clegg is the author of many books, including most recently The Graphene Revolution (Icon, 2018) and The Reality Frame (Icon, 2017). His Dice World and A Brief History of Infinity were both longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. Brian has written for numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Nature, BBC Focus, Physics World, The Times, The Observer, Good Housekeeping and Playboy. He is the editor of popularscience.co.uk and blogs at brianclegg.blogspot.com.
www.brianclegg.net
Also by Brian Clegg:
The Graphene Revolution (Hot Science)
Gravitational Waves (Hot Science)
Cracking Quantum Physics
Big Data (Hot Science)
The Reality Frame
Are Numbers Real?
The Quantum Age
Dice World
The Universe Inside You
Build Your Own Time Machine
Inflight Science
A Brief History of Infinity
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