The Science of Discworld II

54–5, 56–7, 77, 78, 305
    Kelley, Edward 68
    Kenya 275
    Kepler, Johannes 66
    Keynes, John Maynard 239
    kings 89
    Kinsey, Alfred 142
    Kipling, Rudyard 120
    Kismet 171
    knowledge, ontology 211
    Koran 156
    !Kung 132–3, 269
    L
    language
    chimpanzees and 88
    development of 283
    hearing sentences 273
    learning 154
    lies 285–6
    music as 264
    ontic dumping 211
    perception of 273
    primary function 284
    speech development 269, 290
    and storytelling 158–9
    Laplace, Pierre Simon de 304, 305
    Law of Supply and Demand 51
    laws of nature 19
    Laws of Thermodynamics 189–93, 196
    lead, alchemy 68
    learning
    cultural evolution 93–4
    from failure 78–9
    Leeuwenhoeck, Antonie van 72, 73
    Leibniz, Gottfried wilhelm 77
    Lemminkainen 157
    Lennox, Annie 273
    lenses, eyes 268
    Leonardo da Vinci 69
    libraries 50
    Library of Congress 50
    lies 340
    detecting 285–6, 289
    and evolution 284–6
    â€˜lies-to-adults’ 291–2
    â€˜lies-to-children’ 268, 291–3
    perception and 289–90
    life
    autonomous agents 57
    Elixir of Life 66–7
    evolution 54, 55
    light
    cold dark matter 20
    colour and 289–90
    learning about 293
    lions 109, 151
    brain 149–50
    cannibalism 117
    and human evolution 90–1, 92
    Liverpool 142
    logic 166–7
    love 216–17
    Loxodonta africana 110–11
    Loxodonta cyclotis 110–11
    luck 157–8, 167
    lungs, elephants 110*
    lying see lies
    M
    Macbeth (Shakespeare) 343
    MacCrellish, Frederick 242
    mad cow disease 245*
    magic
    belief in 66
    illusions 72
    meanings 73–5
    technology as 73, 75, 76
    â€˜wonder of nature’ 73, 76
    worldviews 248
    Maidenhead 142
    Malawi, Lake 134*
    Malaysia 131
    Malinowski, Bronislaw 264
    Malta 112
    mammals
    evolution of sea-mammals 110*
    evolution of titanotheres 310
    The Man in the High Castle (Dick) 312
    The Man Who Folded Himself (Gerrold) 314
    mantis shrimps 119
    â€˜many-worlds’ concept 197–8, 313
    Mars 245*, 249
    Marsh, David 92
    Mary Tudor, Queen of England 65
    Masai 132
    mathematics
    combinatorics 48–9
    modelling innovation 55
    phase spaces 43–8
    pitch and harmony 270
    tunes 271–3
    matter
    cold dark matter 20
    distribution in universe 193–6
    duality with mind 324
    wormholes 315
    Mayr, Ernst 110
    Mead, Margaret 264
    meaning
    DNA 188
    information and 184–5
    meat-eating 95, 117
    mechanical energy 189, 190
    medicine
    alchemy 67
    homeopathy 71, 72
    Paracelsus 67–8
    medieval Europe, education 69
    Mediterranean 125, 237
    The Meme Machine (Blackmore) 329, 330
    memeplexes 332
    memes and memetics 328–33, 345
    memories, art and 275
    Memphis 120
    mental models 25–7, 166
    mercury 67, 68
    messages
    compressing 183–4
    context 187–8
    digital communications 182–3
    entropy 189
    language 284
    meta-patterns 116
    metals, alchemy 68
    metaphors 26
    Mickey Mouse 117
    microscopes 72
    Middle East 131
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare) 100, 327, 335–6, 342–4
    migration, early humans 131–2
    Milgram, Stanley 136
    mimicry 284
    mind
    consciousness 22
    duality with matter 324
    evolution of 23
    guessing what other people feel 282–3, 286
    learning from failure 78–9
    making choices 175
    memes 328–33
    mental models 25–7, 166
    need for storytelling 31, 325, 326, 327
    in pets 119
    recognising lies 285–6
    selectivity of perception 266–9, 290
    theories of 19–21
    Mind and the Universe (Bateson) 158–9
    mineral acids 66
    miracles 326
    â€˜mitochondrial Eve’ 122–4
    models
    mental 25–7, 166
    scientific 247–8
    molecules, phase spaces 48
    Mongols 121
    monkeys 95
    evolution 90–1, 107–8
    lying 284–5
    play 159
    writing Hamlet 271
    monogamy 141–2
    monotheism 157, 172–3, 247
    monsters 340–1
    Montefiore family 141
    Moon 342
    formation of 56, 245*
    ignorance of 170
    landing on 26, 27
    perception of 266–7
    stories about 26–7
    moons, solar system 47, 303
    Morgan, Elaine 91–2
    Morgan, Lewis 134
    Morris, Desmond 265
    Moses 76
    Moses, Vivian 141
    motion, laws of 56, 190–2, 303, 326
    movement, patterns 269–70
    Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 262, 263, 264, 265
    MRI scans 263
    Murray, George 181, 183
    muscles, patterns of movement 270
    music
    background music 262–3, 265
    CDs 187–8
    cultural influences 270–1
    essence of 264–5
    hearing 268
    liking for 269
    memes 330
    musical ability 137
    musical instruments 131
    perception of