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INDEX OF PEOPLE

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MOVIE CHARACTERS

Arroway, Eleanor (in Contact), 130, 132, 246

Brand, Amelia, 13, 60, 99, 100, 170, 171, 173, 177, 178, 193, 237, 243–245, 247, 248, 261, 271, 272, 275

Brand, Professor, x, 14, 26, 32–33, 44, 112, 114–115, 146, 148, 150, 172, 173, 188, 192, 200–202, 209, 211–227, 229, 263, 269, 273, 286, 296

Case, 237, 245, 247

Cooper, 12, 32, 34, 35, 43, 50, 63, 68, 70, 71, 86, 100, 112, 115, 133, 139, 140, 157, 161, 169, 170, 174, 176, 193, 196, 199–201, 208, 211, 220, 223, 234, 237–238, 242–258, 260, 261, 263–266, 270–275, 288–290, 297

Doyle, 174

Mann, Dr., 177–179, 181, 222, 229

Murph, 14, 34–36, 193, 200, 202, 208, 212–213, 220–222, 255–257, 263, 264, 266, 270, 273–275, 290, 296

Romilly, 136, 170–173, 177, 178, 208, 223, 234, 284

TARS, 34, 60, 61, 193, 223, 242, 243–245, 247, 258, 266, 270, 273

REAL PEOPLE

Abbott, Edwin, 189, 190, 285, 305

Abrahams, Andrew M., 228

Adkins, Jess F., 293, 305

Al-Khalili, Jim, 283, 305

Baltimore, David, 105, 108–111

Barrow, John D., 277, 305

Bartusiak, Marcia, 283, 305

Baum, Richard, 285, 305

Baumgart, Anne, 294, 305

Begelman, Mitchell, 279, 280, 305

Belinsky, Vladimir, 230, 231

Berti, Emanuele, 309

Billings, Lee, 282, 305

Blandford, Roger, 91, 92, 281, 307

Bock, Jamie, 156

Bohr, Niels, 28

Bowen, Emanuel, 28

Brans, Carl, 286, 305

Broderick, Avery, 281

Brown, Julian R., 287, 306

Caine, Michael, 12, 14, 213

Carroll, Sean, 277, 289, 305

Carter, Brandon, 84

Chastain, Jessica, 12, 14, 213

Chen, Yanbei, 147, 309

Cherry, Amy, 300

Choptuik, Matthew W., 227–229, 287, 305

Davies, P. C. W., 287, 306

Drasco, Steve, 72, 101

Drever, Ronald, 151

Druskin, Julia, 299

Duez, Mathew D., 306

Dyson, Freeman J., 118–120, 290, 306

Ehlinger, Ladd, 285, 306

Einstein, Albert, 27, 28, 35, 37, 42, 128, 129, 203, 204, 278, 283

Emerson, S., 294, 306

Escher, M. C., 271, 298

Evans, Charles R., 228

Everett, Allen, 132, 283, 289, 306

Feldman, Todd, 3

Feynman, Richard P., 278, 306

Flamm, Ludwig, 128–130

Ford, Kenneth, 287, 309

Forward, Robert, 119, 120, 210, 306

Foster, Jodie, 246

Foucart, Francois, 149, 306

Franklin, Paul, 10, 11, 31, 59, 76, 94, 139, 177, 182, 250, 252, 264, 280, 283, 288, 293, 299

Freeze, Katherine, 286, 306

Fuller, Robert, 129

Gamow, George, 289, 306

Gannon, Dennis, 131

Garfinkle, David, 231

Gezari, Suvi, 94

Ghez, Andrea, 51, 52, 279

Goldberg, Jordan, 299

Gonzalez, Gabriella, 153

Green, Michael, 187, 284

Greene, Brian, 278, 284, 306

Gregory, Ruth, 200, 285, 306

Grishchuk, Leonid, 155

Guillochon, James, 94, 280, 306

Guth, Alan, 277, 306

Halloran, Lia, 40, 41, 151, 230, 299

Hamilton, Andrew, 84, 288

Hartle, James, 278, 279, 284, 297, 306

Hathaway, Anne, 12–14, 178

Hawking, Stephen, 10, 51, 227, 229, 268, 269, 278, 279, 282, 289, 306, 307

Hebbeln, Dierk, 305

Hedges, John I., 293, 294, 304, 307

Heisenberg, Werner, 28