damage caused by
electronic eavesdropping and
conception, Cylons and
conduction
Congreve, William
Conoy, Leoben
intelligence and
physics and
constant bearing/decreasing range (CBDR)
convection
coordinate systems, defining
Coriolis Effect
Cornell University
Costanza, Brendan “Hot Dog,”
Cottle, Dr.
Cro-Magnons
cryovolcanoes
Curtis, Heber Doust
cyanobacteria
Cylon Raiders
Cylons (Cybernetic Lifeform Node)
Centurions
Cylon Indistinguishability Conjecture
defined
First Cylon War
as fundamentalist religious terrorists
genetic research and
human cancer cure and
Humanoid Cylons
as humans
intelligence and
memory and
as men vs. machines
nuclear weapons and
physical makeup of
physics and
planets and
Raider Cylons
resurrection by
“silica pathways” and
cytosine (C)
data transfer
Dawn
“Daybreak, Part I” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
physics and
technology and
“Daybreak” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
Dead Earth
astronomy and
defined
nuclear weapons and
planets and
stars and
technology and
death, Cylon resurrection and
deception techniques
declination
decompression sickness
Deep Space 1,
Deimos, water and
Demetrius
Democritus
dendrites
denial jamming
Denys, Jean-Baptiste
depression
destroyers
digital television broadcasting
Dione, water and
directed energy weapons
distance
astronomy and
atoms and
black holes and
navigation and
radial distance (r)
radio waves and
Special Theory of Relativity and
See also DRADIS (Direction, RAnge, and DIStance)
diuretics
DNA
defining life and
genetic research and
humanity and
Mitochondrial Eve and
pharmacopeia and
Dogon
dogs, intelligence and
dopamine
Doral, Aaron
Douhet, Giulio
DRADIS (Direction, RAnge, and DIStance)
electronic warfare and
EM radiation and
Drake, Frank
Dualla, Anastasia
Duke University
Dune (Herbert)
Eagle Nebula
Earth
Cylons as men vs. machines
defined
as depicted in Battlestar Galactica
Moon of
navigation and
physics and
water and
Earth humans
Colonials and Cylons as humans
defined
See also humanity
Earth II
Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley
Eick, David
Eight (Cylon model)
Cylons as men vs. machines
memory and
“silica pathways” and
802.11n
Einstein, Albert
black holes and
General Theory of Relativity (GR)
Special Theory of Relativity and
electromagnetic (EM) radiation
electromagnetic spectrum (See also electronic warfare (EW))
technology and
electronic eavesdropping
electronic intelligence (ELINT)
electronic warfare (EW)
electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) and
electronic countermeasures (ECM) and
electronic detection and
electronics in space environment and
ELING and SIGINT
E = mc2
emergent intelligence
Empire Strikes Back, The
Enceladus
endorphins
energy
E = mc2 and
EM radiation and
England, rocket history and
“enhanced radiation weapons,”
enthalpy
enzymes
“Epiphanies” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
escape velocity (ve)
ethyl alcohol
eukaryotes
Europa
European Space Agency
event horizons
“Exodus, Part I” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
“Exodus, Part II” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
physics and
technology and
exoplanets
expressed genes
external pulsed plasma propulsion
extraterrestrial life
Eye of Jupiter
“Face of the Enemy” (Battlestar Galactica webisode)
fallout
Faraday cage
“Farm, The,”
faster-than-light (FTL) jump drive
black holes and
hyperspace and
space warp and
teleportation and
wormholes and
fatigue, stimulants and
fear, memory and
fiber-optic technology
electronic warfare and
“silica pathways” and
fibrinogen
“Final Cut” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
Final Five
genetic research and
physics and
“silica pathways” and
See also Anders, Ensign Samuel; Foster, Tory; Tigh, Colonel Saul; Tigh, Ellen; Tyrol, Chief Petty Officer Galen
firestorms
First Cylon War
“Flesh and Bone” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
“Flight of the Phoenix” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
Food and Drug Administration
Forbidden Planet
forehead dot experiment
Foster, Tory
Cylons as men vs. machines
“silica pathways” and
“Fragged” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
frame-dragging
France, rocket history and
free radicals
French Academy of Sciences
frost lines
F Type stars
furosemide
Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
Gaeta, Felix
physics and
technology and
Galactica (battlestar)
artificial gravity and
computer viruses and
as Jupiter-class battlestar
mass of
nuclear weapons and
physics and
physics and water
rocket technology and
galactic clusters
Galactic Coordinate System
galaxies
Battlestar Galactica (1978 television series) on
Milky Way Galaxy
Galileo Galilei
gamma rays
Ganymede, water and
gas planets
Gemenon
General Theory of Relativity (GR)
artificial gravity and
explained
&n
bsp; Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation and
Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM, MIT)
genetics. See also DNA
genocide
globular clusters
Goddard, Robert
Goldilocks Zones
Gooch, Stan
GPS
gravitons
gravity
artificial gravity and
G
Law of Universal Gravitation
microgravity and
star life cycle and
Graystone Industries
Great Filter
Great Red Spot
Great Spiral Nebula (M31)
Greeks (ancient), on “galaxy,”
G Type stars
guanine (G)
Guardians of the Ancient Wisdom (Gooch)
Guild Heighliners (Dune)
gunpowder
habitable zones, stars and
half-life, radioactivity and
hallucinogenetics
“Hand of God, The” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile)
Head Baltar
Head Six
heat
heat sinks
nebulae and
nuclear weapons and
star life cycle and
transfer
“Heavy Raiders.” See Raider Cylons
Heliobacter pulori
helium
helium flash
stars and
Herbert, Frank
Hertzsprung, Ejnar
“He That Believeth in Me” (Battlestar Galactica)
Holtzmann Effect (Dune)
“Home, Part II” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
“home-on-jam” capability
homing
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens
Hooker Telescope
“hot Jupiters,”
H-R Diagram
Hubble, Edwin
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Human Genome Project
humanity
Colonials and Cylons as humans
definitions
Earth humans
meaning of
Mitochondrial Eve and
sentience and
Humanoid Cylons
as humans
intelligence and
physics and
human rights
hydrogen
atoms and
hydrogen alpha (Hα) filter
rocket technology and
hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
hyperspace
ice giant planets
about
Maelstrom
ice moons
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
imagery
intelligence and
memory and
immunoglobulin A/B
India
rocket history and
Tata Institute
inertia
infertility, Cylons and
Infineon Corporation
infrared (IR) light
infrared (IR) radiation
insects, intelligence and
intelligence
brain and
neuroses and
sentience and
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
International Space Station (ISS)
International System of Units
interrogation drugs
inverse-square relationship
Inviere, Gina
Cylons as men vs. machines
physics and
technology and
iodine-131
ion engines
Ionian Nebula
ionizing radiation
ions
iron ferrocyanide
“island universe” hypothesis
isotopes, nuclear weapons and
jamming
Joshi, Pankaj S.
joules
JPs
Jupiter
gravity and
Great Red Spot
lightning and
moons of
Pioneer 10 (NASA) and
water and
Jupiter-class battlestars
Kai-Feng-Fu
Kaula, William M.
Keilkeya, Billy
Kelly, Kevin
kerosene
kilograms, mass measured as
kinetic energy
kinetic energy weapons (KEWs)
kludge
Kobol
astronomy and
beginning of life on
Cylons as men vs. machines
technology and
Korean War, nuclear weapons and
K Type stars
Lagoon Nebula (M8)
Lampkin, Romo
Landsteiner, Karl
Large Hadron Collider
Large Magellanic Clouds
lasers
Law of Universal Gravitation
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories
“Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
physics and
technology and
learning. See also brain
length
Lenni Lenape
life
defining
extraterrestrial
water and
light
speed of light
star life cycle and
visible light
lightning
liquid fluorine
lithium
logic bombs
Lorenz-Fitzgerald Contraction
Louis XIV, King of France
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
luminosity, of stars
Luna, water and. See also Moon
lymphocytic encephalitis
Maelstrom
planets and
ring system of
“Maelstrom” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
magcelerators (mag cats)
magnetic induction
main sequence stars
Manhattan Project
Margulis, Lynn
Mars
as depicted in Total Recall
Goldilocks Zone and
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
probe journeys to
stars and
water and
mass
artificial gravity and
of atoms
E = mc2 and
force of gravity and
M
of moons
radiation and
Special Theory of Relativity and
star luminosity and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
mass spectrometers “mass specs,”
measurement
mass and
metric, defined
as subjective
“Measure of Salvation, A” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
medical routines, “silica pathways” and
medication. See pharmacopeia
Méliès, Georges
Melina (Total Recall)
Mellorak Sickness
memory
data transfer and
intelligence and
Mercury
mass of
water and
meridians
Messier, Charles
methane (CH4)
metric measurement, defined
microgravity
microwaves
“middle-aged stars,”
Milky Way Galaxy
astronomy and
navigation and
Millenium Falcon (Star Wars)
Miller, Stanley
mind, defined. See also brain
minimum viable population
Minsky, Marvin
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
Mitochondrial Eve
“M” numbers
Mongols
Moon
General Relativity and
gravity and
Special Theory of Relativity and
as tidally locked
moons
ice moons
orange moon
Triton
Moore, Ronald D.
appearance in show by
on Cylons as men vs. machines
on FTL Jump
“Moore’s law,”
on technology
“Moore’s law,”
morpha
morphine
“Most Recent Common Ancestor,”
motion
physics and
Special Theory of Relativity and
Mount Wilson Observatory (Los Angeles)
Moxipan
MRI scans
Mt. Toba, Sumatra
mucins
mucus
muons
mutations, radiation and
naked singularity
NASA
astronomy and
Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program
Cassini
Dawn
Deep Space 1
on defining life
Pioneer 10
rocket technology and
SETI
space shuttles
on water
natives, defined
navigation
Celestial Sphere
defining coordinate systems and
Galactic Coordinate System
triangulated positions and
Neanderthal Genome Project
Neanderthals
nebulae
color of
stars and
technology and
Neptune
gravity and
water and
neurochips
neurons
memory and
“silica pathways” and
neuroses, intelligence and
neurotransmitters
neutral propellant gas
neutrinos
neutron bombs
neutrons
New Caprica
physics and
planets and
Newton, Sir Isaac
NGC 5866 (galaxy)
nicotine
nitrogen
“No Exit” (Battlestar Galactica episode) Cylons as men vs. machines physics and
non-nuclear electronmagnetic pulse (NNEMP) generators
norepinephrine
nuclear energy
Chernobyl nuclear reactor
nuclear-pulsed propulsion
nuclear thermal engines
nuclear weapons
“nuclear winter,”
plutonium and
nucleic acids
nucleons
nucleus
“one atmosphere” rule
“On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” (Einstein)
open cluster star systems
Ophiuchus
opium
optical navigation (OPNAV)
orange moon
orgasm, Cylons and
origin, in coordinate system
Orion (M42)
Outland (film)
Oxford University
oxygen
planets and
rocket technology and
ozone layer
Papert, Seymour
parallel universes
particulate radiation
“Passage, The” (Battlestar Galactica episode)
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