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Volume 61; Issue 4

American Scientist

Volume 61; Issue 4

1

How the Owl Tracks Its Prey: Experiments with trained barn owls reveal how their acute sense of hearing enables them to catch prey in the dark

Masakazu Konishi

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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2

Back Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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3

Development of Modern Mathematicsby J. M. DUBBEY

Review by: Salomon Bochner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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PDF, 330 KB

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An Introduction to Equilibrium Thermodynamicsby Bernard MORRILL

Review by: Joseph Kestin

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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PDF, 325 KB

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5

Foley's Footnotes: A Treasury of Dentistryby Gardner P. H. FOLEY

Review by: Wilbur D. Johnston

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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6

Michigan Flora: A Guide to the Identification and Occurrence of the Native and Naturalized Seed-Plants of the State, Part 1: Gymnosperms and Monocotsby Edward G. VOSS

Review by: Peter H. Raven

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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PDF, 326 KB

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7

Victims of Group-think: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascoesby Irving L. JANIS

Review by: Robert Helmreich

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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8

Studies of Neurotransmitters at the Synaptic Level: Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology, Vol. 6by E. COSTA; L. L. Iversen; R. Paoletti

Review by: Lynn Landmesser

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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9

Cellular Biochemistry and Physiologyby N. A. EDWARDS; K. A. Hassall

Review by: Mary Lou Ernst-Fonberg

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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10

Lives through Timeby Jack BLOCK; Norma Haan

Review by: David Hamilton

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Foundations of Cyclopean Perceptionby Bela JULESZ

Review by: Julian Hochberg

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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12

Organic Phosphorus Compounds, Vols. 1–4by G. M. KOSOLAPOFF; L. Maier

Review by: Tristram Chivers

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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13

Impact of Insulin on Metabolic Pathways. Proc. symposium Jerusalem, 24–29 October 1971by Eleazar SHAFRIR

Review by: Melvin Blecher

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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A Study of Health Practices and OpinionsFood and Drug Administration

Review by: James Harvey Young

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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15

Botany: An Ecological Approachby William A. JENSEN; Frank B. Salisbury

Review by: Jack C. Elliott

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Chemistry of the Earth. Physical Science and Technology Seriesby Karl K. TUREKIAN

Review by: J. I. Drever

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Glossary of Geologyby Margaret GARY; Robert McAfee; Carol L. Wolf

Review by: Randy B. Smith and Arthur L. Bloom

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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18

Tin Trade Routes of the Bronze Age: New evidence and new techniques aid in the study of metal sources of the ancient world

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Synchronization Systems in Communication and Controlby William C. LINDSEY

Review by: Edward J. Smith

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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20

John Gorrie, M. D., Father of Air-Conditioning and Mechanical Refrigerationby Raymond B. BECKER

Review by: Kenneth L. Smith

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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21

An Ethological Study of Children's Behaviorby W. C. McGREW

Review by: Donelda J. Stayton

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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22

Growth, Nutrition, and Metabolism of Cells in Culture, Vol. 1by George H. ROTHBLAT; Vincent J. Cristofalo

Review by: Robert S. Lasher

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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23

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 1973by Daniel N. LAPEDES

Review by: D. Allan Bromley

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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24

Skill in Chess: Experiments with chess-playing tasks and computer simulation of skilled performance throw light on some human perceptual and memory processes

Herbert A. Simon and William G. Chase

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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25

Coexistence Patterns in Insular Ants: In which it is shown that ants travel a lot from island to island, and what they do when they get there

Richard Levins, Mary Lou Pressick and Harold Heatwole

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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PDF, 1.98 MB

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26

Drugs of Abuse: Their Genetic and Other Chronic Nonpsychiatric Hazardsby Samuel S. EPSTEIN

Review by: Clark Fraser

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Advances in Applied Mechanics, Vol. 12by Chia-Shun YIH

Review by: A. A. Kovitz

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Mitochondria and Chloroplasts Revisited: Recent studies on these cellular organelles suggest approaches to the problems of their origins

Seymour S. Cohen

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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29

Laws of Formby G. Spencer BROWN

Review by: Abraham Robinson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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30

Justifying Violence: Attitudes of American Menby Monica D. Blumenthal

Review by: Edward M. Opton Jr.

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Photophysiology: Current Topics in Photobiology and Photochemistry, Vol. 7by Arthur C. GIESE

Review by: Lee H. Pratt

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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PDF, 566 KB

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Fourier Series and Integralsby H. DYM; H. P. McKean

Review by: Guido Weiss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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33

Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Its Applications. International Atomic Energy Agency Panel Proceedings, Vienna, 24–28 May 1971IAEA

Review by: Gunther K. Wertheim

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Dental Morphology and Evolutionby Albert A. DAHLBERG

Review by: Pamela Cook

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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35

Control Mechanisms in Regeneration and Expression of Polarity: Annelids demonstrate amazing powers of regeneration, even the capacity to form two heads

Timothy P. Fitzharris

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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36

Organic Chemicals in the Soil Environment, Vol. 1by Cleve A. I. GORING; John W. Hamaker

Review by: Russell S. Adams Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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37

Measure and Integration Theory on Infinite-Dimensional Spaces: Abstract Harmonic Analysisby Dao-Xing XIA; E. J. Brody

Review by: Kai Lai Chung

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Mechanics of Sediment Transportby M. S. YALIN

Review by: Sergio Montes

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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39

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Vol. 8: Birds 2by Bernhard GRZIMEK

Review by: J. Dennis Huckkabay

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Advances in Agronomy, Vol. 23by N. C. BRADY

Review by: J. E. Foss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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The Acceleration of Historyby Gerard PIEL

Review by: Amitai Etzioni

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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42

Memorandum of Agreement on the Merger of The Society of the Sigma Xi and The Scientific Research Society of America (RESA)

Wallace R. Brode, Frank C. Croxton, Frederick D. Rossini, Thomas T. Holme, Hans J. Borchardt, Lawrence M. Kushner, Albert I. Schindler and Bradford R. Stanerson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Textbook of Cytogeneticsby Walter V. BROWN

Review by: J. Grant Brewen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Interatomic Potentialsby Ian M. TORRENS

Review by: Benjamin Bederson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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45

Evolution in the Genus Bufoby W. Frank BLAIR

Review by: John A. Moore

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Exobiology. Frontiers of Biology, Vol. 23by Cyril PONNAMPERUMA

Review by: Sidney W. Fox

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Simple Groups of Lie Typeby Roger W. CARTER

Review by: Walter Feit

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Letters to the Editors

Charles Wert, Eli Chernin, Howard R. Cramer and Henry H. Kolm

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Plant Physiology, A Treatise Vol. 6B: Physiology of Development: The Hormonesby F. C. STEWARD

Review by: Allen Bennett

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Technology and Culture: An Anthologyby Melvin KRANZBERG; William H. Davenport

Review by: Bruce Sinclair

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Current Topics in Experimental Endocrinology, Vol. 1by L. MARTINI; V. H. T. James

Review by: Alfred E. Wilhelmi

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Sigma Xi News

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American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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The Mosquito: Still Man's Worst Enemy: Despite popular notions to the contrary, more people die each year from mosquito-borne disease than from any other single cause

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Adventures in Experimental Physics, α 1972by Bogdan MAGLICH

Review by: Alan Thorndike

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Mechanism: An Introduction to the Study of Organic Reactions. Oxford Chemistry Seriesby Richard A. JACKSON;Magnetic Resonance. Oxford Chemistry Seriesby K. A. McLAUCHLAN;Ions in Solution, 2: An Introduction to Electrochemistry. Oxford Chemistry Seriesby J. ROBBINS

Review by: Andrew Patterson Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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The Temperature and Water Relations of Reptilesby J. L. CLOUDSLEY-THOMPSON

Review by: William R. Dawson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Theory of Seismic Head Wavesby Vlastislav ČERVENÝ; Ravi Ravindra

Review by: E. R. Kanasewich

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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The Interior of the Earthby Martin H. P. BOTT

Review by: Manik Talwani

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Cascadia: The Geologic Evolution of the Pacific Northwestby Bates McKEE

Review by: G. T. Benson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Treasurer's Report: The Scientific Research Society of America, Incorporated

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Correction: Remote Sensing as an Aid to the Management of Earth Resources: Technological developments centered around the Earth Resources Technology Satellite, ERTS-1, show great promise of helping to husband the dwindling supply of natural rsources

William W. Griffiths Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Statistical Mechanics. International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy, Vol. 45by R. K. PATHRIA

Review by: Michael J. Stephen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Biochemistry of Photosynthesisby R. P. F. GREGORY

Review by: Ernest G. Uribe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Current Research in Marijuanaby Mark F. LEWIS

Review by: Leo E. Hollister

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Introduction to Materials Scienceby Arthur L. RUOFF

Review by: Robert B. Gordon

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Genetics and American Society: A Historical Appraisalby Kenneth M. LUDMERER

Review by: Richard C. Juberg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Index to Books Reviewed

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Biochemical Aspects of Nervous Diseasesby J. N. CUMINGS

Review by: L. S. Wolfe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Theory of the Hyperfine Structure of Free Atomsby Lloyd ARMSTRONG

Review by: Francis Pichanick

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 570 KB

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Chemical Reaction Engineering. Advances in Chemistry Series, No. 109by Kenneth B. BISCHOFF

Review by: Daniel E. Rosner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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The Biochemistry and Physiology of Tetrahymenaby Donald L. HILL

Review by: Alfred M. Elliott

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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72

Man's Impact on the Climateby William H. MATTHEWS; William W. Kellogg; G. D. Robinson

Review by: J. Murray Mitchell Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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The Many Facets of Nuclear Structure: The developing understanding of nuclear structure has revealed a subtle system involving many types of correlations and collective motions

Aage Bohr and Ben R. Mottelson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.44 MB

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Tidal Power. Proc. International Conference on the Utilization of Tidal Power, May 24–29, 1970, Atlantic Industrial Research Instituteby T. J. GRAY; O. K. Gashus

Review by: George R. Rich

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Development of the Chick Heartby DE LA CRUZ; María Victoria; Simon Muñoz-Armas; Luis Muñoz-Castellanos

Review by: Howard L. Hamilton

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 582 KB

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Genetics and Societyby Jack B. BRESLER

Review by: Richard C. Juberg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Advances in the Theory of Riemann Surfaces. Proc. of 1969 Stony Brook Conferenceby Lars V. AHLFORS

Review by: Leon Greenberg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 359 KB

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Polymer Science: A Materials Science Handbook, Vols. 1 & 2by A. D. JENKINS

Review by: Richard S. Stein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 356 KB

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Nobel: The Man and His Prizes, 3rd ed.by W. ODELBERG

Review by: Henry M. Leicester

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

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english

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Front Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Life in Mud and Sandby S. K. ELTRINGHAM

Review by: Dennis Cunningham

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Galileo's Intellectual Revolution: Middle Period, 1610–1632by William R. SHEA

Review by: J. D. North

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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The Method of Weighted Residuals and Variational Principles: With Application in Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transferby Bruce A. FINLAYSON

Review by: George Papanicolaou

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 356 KB

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A Pedestrian Approach to Quantum Field Theoryby Edward G. HARRIS

Review by: Pierre Ramond

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Generalized Functions and Fourier Analysis: An Introductionby John L. CHALLIFOUR

Review by: Stuart Jay Sidney

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Concepts and Models in Groundwater Hydrologyby Patrick A. DOMENICO

Review by: Jean-Yves Parlange

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Origin of Sedimentary Rocksby Harvey BLATT; Gerard Middleton; Raymond Murray

Review by: George deVries Klein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 536 KB

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Combustion Aerodynamicsby J. M. BEÉR; N. A. Chigier

Review by: D. T. Harrje

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Determination of Sequences in RNAby G. G. BROWNLEE

Review by: Sidney Altman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Biochemistry and Methodology of Lipidsby A. R. JOHNSON; J. B. Davenport

Review by: E. W. Bermes Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 366 KB

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Developmental Physiology and Agingby P. S. TIMIRAS

Review by: Nathan W. Shock

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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RESA Notes

B. R. Stanerson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Lasers in Industryby S. S. CHARSCHAN

Review by: Paul Davidovits

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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Theory of Thermal Neutron Scattering: The Use of Neutrons for the Investigation of Condensed Matterby W. MARSHALL; S. W. Lovesey

Review by: H. A. Gersch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 601 KB

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Chromosome Techniques: Theory and Practiceby Arun Kumar SHARMA; Archana Sharma

Review by: John A. Heddle

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

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PDF, 718 KB

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The Mechanism of Protein Synthesis and Its Regulation. Frontiers of Biology, Vol. 27by L. BOSCH

Review by: Merrill B. Hille

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 595 KB

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Membrane Research. Proc. 1st ICN—UCLA Symposium on Molecular Biologyby C. Fred FOX

Review by: David E. Green

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1973

Language:

english

File:

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