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Volume 65; Issue 5

American Scientist

Volume 65; Issue 5

1

Environment, Culture, and Human Evolution: Hominids first evolved in mosaic environments, but stone toolmaking accelerated the emergence of Homo, and both culture and environment subsequently served as catalysts for evolution

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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english, 1977

2

On Competition and Variable Environments: Populations may experience "ecological crunches" in variable climates, nullifying the assumptions of competition theory and limiting the usefulness of short-term studies of population patterns

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 1.89 MB

english, 1977

3

Interpreting Stromatolites: These fossils can tell us much about past organisms and environments if we can learn to decode their message

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 3.09 MB

english, 1977

4

Particle Creation near Black Holes: Black holes have given us new insights into the fundamental laws of nature

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American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 1.03 MB

english, 1977

5

Handbook of Genetics, Vol. 5: Molecular Geneticsby Robert C. King

Review by: Peter M. M. Rae

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American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 525 KB

english, 1977

6

Books Received for Review

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American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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english, 1977

7

Relaxation Kineticsby Claude F. Bernasconi

Review by: Douglas H. Turner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 344 KB

english, 1977

8

Exploring the Galaxiesby Simon Mitton

Review by: Eric J. Chaisson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 526 KB

english, 1977

9

Group Theoretical Techniques in Quantum Chemistryby C. D. H. Chisholm

Review by: Robert L. Matcha

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 327 KB

english, 1977

10

Simpler Networks and Behaviorby John C. Fentress

Review by: William T. Greenough

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 328 KB

english, 1977

11

The Ecology of the Seasby D. H. Cushing; J. J. Walsh

Review by: G. A. Riley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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english, 1977

12

Soils of the Polar Landscapesby John C. F. Tedrow

Review by: Jerry Brown

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 321 KB

english, 1977

13

The Theory of Photons and Electrons: The Relativistic Quantum Field Theory of Charged Particles with Spin One-Half, 2nd rev. ed.by J. M. Jauch; F. Rohrlich

Review by: Ralph Roskies

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 328 KB

english, 1977

14

Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences: The Critical Background to Modern Science, 1800–1905by Colin Howson

Review by: Lee C. Archie

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 337 KB

english, 1977

15

The Biology of the Sticklebacksby R. J. Wootton

Review by: Kenneth McKaye

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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english, 1977

16

Intelligence in Ape and Manby David Premack

Review by: Harry F. Harlow

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American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 499 KB

english, 1977

17

Scientists in Organizations: Productive Climates for Research and Development, rev. ed.by Donald C. Pelz; Frank M. Andrews

Review by: Douglas T. Hall

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 294 KB

english, 1977

18

In at the Beginnings: A Physicist's Lifeby Philip M. Morse

Review by: A. Wilson Nolle

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 587 KB

english, 1977

19

Stone Age Painting in Indiaby Robert R. R. Brooks; Vishnu S. Wakanar

Review by: Walter A. Fairservis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 544 KB

english, 1977

20

Science in the Penultimate Age: Science and technology are indispensable to the crises of the world, but scientists and engineers must commit themselves to the public good

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 1.84 MB

english, 1977

21

Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures: Applications of Fracture Mechanicsby Stanley T. Rolfe; John M. Barsom

Review by: S. Saha

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 357 KB

english, 1977

22

Richard of Wallingford: An Edition of His Writings with Introductions, English Translation, and Commentary. Vol. 1. Vol. 2. Vol. 3by J. D. North

Review by: Bernard R. Goldstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 355 KB

english, 1977

23

Models in the Policy Process: Public Decision Making in the Computer Eraby Martin Greenberger; Matthew A. Crenson; Brian L. Crissey

Review by: Robert C. Davis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 366 KB

english, 1977

24

Geometry of Spheres in Normed Spaces. Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics 20by Juan Jorge Schaffer

Review by: E. Odell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 350 KB

english, 1977

25

The End of an Era in Space Exploration: From International Rivalry to International Cooperation. Science and Technology Series, Vol. 42by J. C. D. Blaine

Review by: Marcia S. Smith

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 357 KB

english, 1977

26

Insect Development. Symp. Royal Entomological Society of London No. 8by P. A. Lawrence

Review by: Clifton A. Poodry

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 362 KB

english, 1977

27

Microbial Production of Nucleic Acid-Related Substancesby Koichi Ogata

Review by: Murray J. Fraser

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 331 KB

english, 1977

28

Thermal Ecology II. Proc. Symp. No. 40by Gerald W. Esch; Robert W. McFarlane

Review by: Michael D. Dahlberg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 360 KB

english, 1977

29

Recycling Sewage through Plant Communities: The ability of terrestrial and aquatic systems to absorb nutrients and toxins from sewage offers new promise for waste management and pollution control

George M. Woodwell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 2.37 MB

english, 1977

30

Nuclear Analogue States. Benchmark Papers in Nuclear Physics 1by Donald Robson; John D. Fox

Review by: John P. Schiffer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 356 KB

english, 1977

31

Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resourcesby Colin W. Clark

Review by: Robert M. Solow

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 317 KB

english, 1977

32

Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control. Mathematics in Science and Engineering, Vol. 125by Dimitri P. Bertsekas

Review by: Sanjoy K. Mitter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 350 KB

english, 1977

33

Mechanics of Thrust Faults and Décollement. Benchmark Papers in Geology 32by Barry Voight

Review by: Christopher Barton

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 350 KB

english, 1977

34

Current Developments in Psychopharmacology, Vol. 3by Walter B. Essman; L. Valzelli

Review by: Frederick N. Minard

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 353 KB

english, 1977

35

The Quarterly Review of Biology: 50th Anniversary Special Issue, 1926–1976by Frank C. Erk; Bentley Glass

Review by: Clifford Grobstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 335 KB

english, 1977

36

Measurement of Unsteady Fluid Dynamic Phenomena. Series in Thermal and Fluids Engineeringby Bryan E. Richards

Review by: Wolfgang Merzkirch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 357 KB

english, 1977

37

Decompression Sickness: Once a little-understood danger, the "bends" can now usually be prevented or, if the condition is recognized soon enough, treated successfully

Richard H. Strauss and David E. Yount

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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english, 1977

38

Solid State Physics in the People's Republic of China: A Trip Report of the American Solid State Physics Delegationby Anne Fitzgerald; Charles P. Slichter

Review by: Mildred S. Dresselhaus

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 360 KB

english, 1977

39

Plant Virology: The Principlesby Adrian Gibbs; Bryan Harrison

Review by: Leslie C. Lane

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 589 KB

english, 1977

40

Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Powerby Geoffrey G. Eichholz

Review by: John R. Lemarsh

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 571 KB

english, 1977

41

Letters to the Editors

Julius Alker, Jerome F. Cole, Dick H. Koobs and John McCarthy

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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english, 1977

42

Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics, SI version, 2nd ed.by Gordon J. Van Wylen; Richard E. Sonntag

Review by: Larry A. Viehland

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 578 KB

english, 1977

43

The Kind of Motion We Call Heat: A History of the Kinetic Theory of Gases in the 19th Century. Book 1: Physics and the Atomists. Book 2: Statistical Physics and Irreversible Processesby Stephen G. Brush

Review by: Robert Fox

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 366 KB

english, 1977

44

Protides of the Biological Fluidsby H. Peeters

Review by: Alan N. Schechter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

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english

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PDF, 353 KB

english, 1977

45

Combustion Measurements: Modern Techniques and Instrumentationby R. Goulard

Review by: Melvin Gerstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 354 KB

english, 1977

46

Plant Cytogenetics. Outline Studies in Biologyby D. M. Moore

Review by: Herbert Stern

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 360 KB

english, 1977

47

Decision Making: A Psychological Analysis of Conflict, Choice, and Commitmentby Irving L. Janis; Leon Mann

Review by: M. Brewster Smith

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 353 KB

english, 1977

48

Advances in Applied Mechanics, Vol. 16by Chia-Shun Yih

Review by: E. E. Sechler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 357 KB

english, 1977

49

The Patronage of Science in the Nineteenth Century: Science in History 1by Robert Fox; G. L'E. Turner

Review by: Elizabeth C. Patterson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 352 KB

english, 1977

50

Cognition and Reality: Principles and Implications of Cognitive Psychologyby Ulric Neisser

Review by: Daniel D. Wheeler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 518 KB

english, 1977

51

Beam-Foil Spectroscopy. Topics in Current Physics, Vol. 1by Stanley Bashkin

Review by: William A. Lanford

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 579 KB

english, 1977

52

Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics, Vol. 12by D. R. Bates; Benjamin Bederson

Review by: M. S. Lubell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 596 KB

english, 1977

53

Comparative Immunologyby John J. Marchalonis

Review by: Henry Claman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 577 KB

english, 1977

54

Mammalian Olfaction, Reproductive Processes, and Behaviorby Richard L. Doty

Review by: Wesley K. Whitten

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 362 KB

english, 1977

55

Theoretical Chemistry: Advances and Perspectives, Vol. 2by Henry Eyring; Douglas Henderson

Review by: F. Weinhold

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 373 KB

english, 1977

56

Mathematical Modellingby J. G. Andrews; R. R. McLone

Review by: Roger Howe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 317 KB

english, 1977

57

Demographic Anthropology: Quantitative Approaches. School of American Research Advanced Seminar Seriesby Ezra B. W. Zubrow

Review by: Kenneth M. Weiss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 364 KB

english, 1977

58

Biological Effects of Microwavesby Stanislaw Baránski; Przemyslaw Czerski

Review by: Carl F. Blackman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 357 KB

english, 1977

59

Introduction to Mathematical Physics. Physics Seriesby Charlie Harper

Review by: R. R. Lewis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 356 KB

english, 1977

60

Applied Nonstandard Analysis. Pure and Applied Mathematics Seriesby Martin Davis

Review by: W. A. J. Luxemburg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 357 KB

english, 1977

61

The Dynamical Behaviour of Structures, 2nd ed.by G. B. Warburton

Review by: E. E. Sechler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 354 KB

english, 1977

62

Colloid and Interface Science. Vol. 2: Aerosols, Emulsions, and Surfactants. Vol. 3: Adsorption, Catalysis, Solid Surfaces, Wetting, Surface Tension, and Water. Vol. 4: Hydrosols and Rheology. Vol. 5: Biocolloids, Polymers, Monolayers, Membranes, and General Papersby Milton Kerker

Review by: A. C. Zettlemoyer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 578 KB

english, 1977

63

The Recombinant DNA Scenarios: Andromeda Strain, Chimera, and Golem: Analyzed in terms of epidemiology and evolution, the risks of working with recombinant DNA in E. coli seem far less than the familiar risks of working with known pathogens

Bernard D. Davis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.98 MB

english, 1977

64

Radiation and Man

Review by: Richard Wilson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 579 KB

english, 1977

65

Graphs, Surfaces, and Homology: An Introduction to Algebraic Topologyby P. J. Giblin

Review by: W. S. Massey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 350 KB

english, 1977

66

X-ray Outbursts in Our Galaxy: Data about the recently discovered phenomenon of X-ray outbursts have fast accumulated, but so far no theory can explain them adequately

Walter H. G. Lewin

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.16 MB

english, 1977

67

Radiationless Processes in Molecules and Condensed Phases. Topics in Applied Physics, Vol. 15by F. K. Fong

Review by: Robert J. Silbey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 356 KB

english, 1977

68

On the North Atlantic Circulation. Oceanographic Studies No. 6by L. V. Worthington

Review by: Joseph L. Reid

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 373 KB

english, 1977

69

The Promise of the Coming Dark Ageby L. S. Stavrianos;The Next 200 Years: A Scenario for America and the Worldby Herman Kahn; William Brown; Leon Martel

Review by: Harold G. Cassidy

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 354 KB

english, 1977

70

Catastrophic Changes in Circulation Flow Patterns: Catastrophe theory offers new insight into fundamental processes underlying laboratory simulation of abrupt changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns

R. C. Lacher, Robert McArthur and George Buzyna

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.94 MB

english, 1977

71

An Anthropological Analysis of Food-Getting Technologyby Wendell Oswalt

Review by: Harold C. Conklin

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 363 KB

english, 1977

72

A Mathematical Journeyby Stanley Gudder

Review by: Ross Honsberger

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 350 KB

english, 1977

73

The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 1b. Vol. 1cby M. Ashburner; E. Novitski

Review by: Thomas A. Grigliatti

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 552 KB

english, 1977

74

Plasma Phenomena in Gas Dischargesby Raoul N. Franklin

Review by: Robert W. Motley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 375 KB

english, 1977

75

Boundaries of Analysis: An Inquiry into the Tocks Island Dam Controversyby Harold A. Feiveson; Frank W. Sinden; Robert H. Socolow

Review by: Maxine S. Goad

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 378 KB

english, 1977

76

Taylor Expansions and Catastrophes. Research Notes in Mathematics 7by T. Poston; I. N. Stewart

Review by: David Chillingworth

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 370 KB

english, 1977

77

Back Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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english, 1977

78

Front Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

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PDF, 4.60 MB

english, 1977

79

Estuarine Processes, Vol. 2: Circulation, Sediments, and Transfer of Material in the Estuaryby Martin Wiley

Review by: M. Grant Gross

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1977

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 371 KB

english, 1977