by Bill Bryson
Uranus, Chapter 02.1, Chapter 04.1
Urey, Harold, Chapter 13.1, Chapter 19.1, 19.2
Ussher, James, Chapter 05.1
vacuum energy, Chapter 11.1
Vafa, Cumrun, Chapter 11.1
Valéry, Paul, Chapter 08.1
Van Allen belts, Chapter 14.1
Vaucouleurs, Gérard de, Chapter 11.1
Venus: conditions on, Chapter 12.1, Chapter 16.1, 16.2; distance from Sun, 16.3; transit of, Chapter 04.1, 04.2, Chapter 23.1
Vermeer, Jan, Chapter 24.1
Vine, Allyn C., Chapter 18.1
Vine, Fred, Chapter 12.1
viperfish, sabre-toothed, Chapter 18.1
viruses, Chapter 20.1
Vogel, Shawna, Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
volcanoes: Cotapaxi eruption, Chapter 04.1; climate change, Chapter 27.1, 27.2; Etna eruption, Chapter 12.1; Galeras eruption, Chapter 14.1; Krakatau eruption, Chapter 15.1; Mount St. Helens eruption, 14.2, 14.3, 15.2; Mount Unzen, 14.4; Tambora eruption, 27.3; Toba eruption, 15.3; Yellowstone, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7
von Karman vortices, Chapter 17.1
Voorhies, Mike, Chapter 14.1, Chapter 15.1
Voyager expeditions, Chapter 02.1, 02.2
Vreeland, Russell, Chapter 20.1
Walcott, Charles Doolittle, Chapter 21.1, 21.2, 21.3
Wales, Nathaniel B., Chapter 05.1
Walker, Alan, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 28.4, 28.5
Wallace, Alfred Russel, Chapter 17.1, Chapter 25.1, 25.2
Walsh, Don, Chapter 18.1
water: chemical formula, Chapter 18.1; pressure, Chapter 16.1; properties, 18.2; salts, 18.3; surface tension, 18.4
Watson, James, Chapter 09.1, Chapter 26.1, 26.2, 26.3
Wegener, Alfred, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, Chapter 27.1
Weinberg, Samantha, Chapter 18.1
Weinberg, Steven, Chapter 01.1, Chapter 09.1, Chapter 11.1, 11.2
Weitz, Charles, Chapter 26.1
whales, Chapter 18.1, 18.2
Whewell, William, Chapter 05.1
White, Nathaniel, Chapter 04.1
white blood cells, Chapter 20.1
Whittaker, R. H., Chapter 20.1
Whittington, Harry, Chapter 21.1
Wickramasinghe, Chandra, Chapter 19.1
Wilberforce, Samuel, Chapter 25.1, 25.2
Wilford, John, Chapter 05.1
Wilkins, Maurice, Chapter 26.1, 26.2
Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe, Chapter 11.1
Williams, Stanley, Chapter 14.1
Wilson, Allan, Chapter 29.1
Wilson, C. T. R., Chapter 09.1, Chapter 11.1
Wilson, Edward O., Chapter 21.1, Chapter 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, Chapter 30.1
Wilson, Robert, Chapter 01.1, 01.2, Chapter 08.1
WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), Chapter 11.1
Winchester, Simon, Chapter 06.1
wind speeds, Chapter 17.1
wine, Roman, Chapter 16.1
Wisconsian ice sheet, Chapter 27.1
Wistar, Caspar, Chapter 06.1, 06.2, 06.3, 06.4, Chapter 23.1
Witzke, Brian, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Woese, Carl, Chapter 20.1, 20.2
Woit, Peter, Chapter 11.1
Wren, Sir Christopher, Chapter 04.1, Chapter 30.1
Yellowstone National Park: crater, Chapter 15.1; earthquakes, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4; eruptions, 15.5; extremophiles, 15.6, Chapter 16.1n; geysers, 15.7, 15.8, 15.9, 15.10, 15.11; hot pools, 15.12, 15.13; hot spot, Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 15.14, 15.15; hot springs, 15.16, 15.17, 15.18; Lake, 15.19; rockfalls, 15.20; wildlife, 15.21, 15.22
Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory, Chapter 15.1
Younger Dryas, Chapter 27.1
zinc, Chapter 16.1
zircons, Chapter 19.1
Zwicky, Fritz, Chapter 03.1, 03.2, 03.3, Chapter 11.1, 11.2
