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Volume 67; Issue 6

American Scientist

Volume 67; Issue 6

1

Catastrophic Disturbance and the Steady State in Northern Hardwood Forests: A new look at the role of disturbance in the development of forest ecosystems suggests important implications for land-use policies

F. Herbert Bormann and Gene E. Likens

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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english, 1979

2

Hidden Symmetries in Dynamical Systems: When natural systems are idealized, unexpected symmetries may be revealed that have far-reaching significance in the fields of physics, engineering, and mathematics

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 1.62 MB

english, 1979

3

New Processes of Waste Water Treatment and Recoveryby G. Mattock

Review by: Ronald F. Probstein

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 328 KB

english, 1979

4

Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 2by M. M. R. Williams; R. Sher

Review by: M. F. Duret

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 453 KB

english, 1979

5

Disturbing the Universe Foundation Program, 1by Freeman Dyson; Alfred P. Sloan

Review by: Caryl P. Haskins

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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6

Measurement of Two Phase Flow Parametersby G. F. Hewitt

Review by: Benjamin J. C. Wu

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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english, 1979

7

Persistent Viruses. ICN-UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, 11by Jack G. Stevens; George J. Todaro; C. Fred Fox

Review by: C. A. Mims

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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8

Front Matter

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American Scientist

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1979

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english

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9

Oceanic Fronts in Coastal Processesby Malcolm J. Bowman; Wayne E. Esaias

Review by: Björn Kjerfve

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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english, 1979

10

The Economic Basis of Prehistoric Thailand: Evidence of major cultural innovations, from about 1600 B.C., including iron working and the plow, reveals that the contrast between hill and plains dwellers stretches back into prehistory

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 2.78 MB

english, 1979

11

Set Theory. Pure and Applied Mathematicsby Thomas Jech

Review by: Jon Barwise

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 351 KB

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12

Archaeologyby David Hurst Thomas

Review by: Brian M. Fagan

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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13

Central Regulation of the Endocrine System. Nobel Symposium, 42by Kjell Fuxe; Tomas Hökfelt; Rolf Luft

Review by: Michael J. Baum

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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english, 1979

14

Recombinant DNA: Science, Ethics, and Politicsby John Richards

Review by: Bernard D. Davis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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15

Silcrete in Australiaby Trevor Langford-Smith

Review by: Robert V. Ruhe

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 366 KB

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16

Theoretical Plant Morphology. Acta Biotheoretica, 27, Supplement: Folia Biotheoretica, 7by R. Sattler

Review by: Bruce H. Tiffney

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 613 KB

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17

Endorphins in Mental Health Researchby Earl Usdin; William E. Bunney; Nathan S. Kline

Review by: A. Horita

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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18

Levels of Processing in Human Memoryby Laird S. Cermak; Fergus I. M. Craik

Review by: Arthur C. Graesser

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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english, 1979

19

Understanding the Fundamental Constituents of Matter. Proc. Internat. School of Subnuclear Physics, Erice, Italy, 1976by Antonino Zichichi

Review by: Bunji Sakita

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 486 KB

english, 1979

20

Applications of Early Astronomical Records, Vol. 4: Monographs on Astronomical Subjectsby F. R. Stephenson; D. H. Clark

Review by: Asger Aaboe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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english, 1979

21

Pattern and Process in a Forested Ecosystem: Disturbance, Development and the Steady State Based on the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Studyby F. Herbert Bormann; Gene E. Likens

Review by: John G. Torrey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 372 KB

english, 1979

22

Advances in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 7by J. H. U. Brown

Review by: Y. C. Fung

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 594 KB

english, 1979

23

The Molten State of Matter: Melting and Crystal Structureby A. R. Ubbelohde

Review by: Eugene Trinh

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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24

Metal Complexes in Organic Chemistry. Cambridge University Press, 1979by R. P. Houghton

Review by: John C. Cochran

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 370 KB

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25

The Tropospheric Transport of Pollutants and Other Substances to the OceansNational Research Council, Ocean Sciences Board Workshop

Review by: James N. Galloway

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 367 KB

english, 1979

26

Principles of Industrial Chemistryby Chris A. Clausen; Guy Mattson

Review by: Ramon L. Espino

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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english, 1979

27

Carcinogens: Identification and Mechanisms of Actionby A. Clark Griffin; Charles R. Shaw

Review by: Peter Brookes

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 309 KB

english, 1979

28

Aerodynamic Drag Mechanisms of Bluff Bodies and Road Vehicles. Proc. Symp., General Motors Research Laboratories, 1976by Gino Sovran; Thomas Morel; William T. Mason

Review by: P. B. S. Lissaman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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29

Integral Representations of Functions and Imbedding Theorems, 2 Vols. Scripta Series in Mathematicsby Oleg V. Besov; Valentin P. Il'in; Sergei M. Nikol'skii; Mitchell H. Taibleson

Review by: Guido Weiss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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30

Dental Caries: Although we seem to be paying for the sweet life through the teeth, resistance to caries is possible, both as a natural and an induced phenomenon

Irwin D. Mandel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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31

The Revolution of DNA

Review by: Paul Doty

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 374 KB

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32

Biochemical Actions of Hormones. Vol. 6by Gerald Litwack

Review by: Anne M. Briscoe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 359 KB

english, 1979

33

Trace Metals in the Environment, Vol. 5: Indium: An Appraisal of Environmental Exposureby Ivan C. Smith; Bonnie L. Carson; Fritz Hoffmeister

Review by: H. A. Tourtelot

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 360 KB

english, 1979

34

River Plants: The Macrophytic Vegetation of Watercoursesby S. M. Haslam

Review by: Maxine Watson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 368 KB

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35

The Physics of Gas Lasers. Documents on Modern Physicsby W. R. Bennett

Review by: Arnold L. Bloom

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 370 KB

english, 1979

36

Genetics, 2nd ed.by John B. Jenkins

Review by: Jeffrey R. Powell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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37

The Minkowski Multidimensional Problemby Aleksey Vasil'yevich Pogorelov; Vladimir Oliker

Review by: S. S. Chern

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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38

Fundamentals of Chemistryby Edward Kostiner; Jesse R. Rea;Introductory Chemistry: General, Organic, Biologicalby Spencer L. Seager; Michael R. Slabaugh

Review by: William M. Litchman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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39

Analog and Digital Communication Systemsby Martin S. Roden

Review by: Ferrel G. Stremler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Selected Papers in Molecular Biology by Jacques Monodby André Lwoff; Agnes Ullmann

Review by: John R. Sadler

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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41

Probability in Medicineby Edmond A. Murphy

Review by: Alvan R. Feinstein

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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42

Analytical Methods for Coal and Coal Products, Vol. 2by Clarence Karr

Review by: Donald E. Woodmansee

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 590 KB

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43

Advances in Energy Systems and Technology, Vol. 1by Peter Auer

Review by: William M. Turner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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44

The Beagle Record: Selections from the Original Pictorial Records and Written Accounts of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagleby Richard Darwin Keynes

Review by: Keith S. Thomson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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45

Biochemistryby Frank Bradley Armstrong; Thomas Peter Bennett

Review by: Peter Parsons

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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46

Brain Death: Interrelated Medical and Social Issues. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 315by Julius Korein

Review by: John F. Kurtzke

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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47

Endangered Birds: Management Techniques for Preserving Threatened Speciesby Stanley A. Temple

Review by: John A. Wiens

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 383 KB

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48

Sets: Naive, Axiomatic and Applied. International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 106by D. van Dalen; H. C. Doets; H. de Swart

Review by: Carol Wood

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Experimental Hematology Today 1979by Siegmund J. Baum; G. David Ledney

Review by: Samuel Charache

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Programming for Poets: A Gentle Introduction Using PL/Iby Richard Conway;Programming for Poets: A Gentle Introduction Using FORTRANby Richard Conway; James Archer

Review by: Alan Perlis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Virus-Transformed Cell Membranesby Claude Nicolau

Review by: Vincent T. Marchesi

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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PDF, 297 KB

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Tunneling in Biological Systems. Johnson Research Foundation Colloquiaby Britton Chance

Review by: Walter B. Goad

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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European Prehistory. Studies in Archeologyby Sarunas Milisauskas

Review by: T. C. Champion

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Letters to the Editors

Robert D. Sculley, Jon M. Heuss, George T. Wolff and Afif I. Tannous

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Transition Metal Chemistryby Philipp Gütlich; Rainer Link; Alfred Trautwein

Review by: Stanley S. Hanna

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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56

The Structure of the Chemical Processing Industries: Function and Economics. Chemical Engineering Seriesby J. Wei; T. W. F. Russell; M. W. Swartzlander

Review by: Herbert Grove

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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57

Crystals: Growth, Properties, and Applications, Vol. 1: Crystals for Magnetic Applicationsby C. J. M. Rooijmans

Review by: R. A. Laudise

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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58

Homosexuality in Perspectiveby William H. Masters; Virginia E. Johnson;Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity among Men and Womenby Alan P. Bell; Martin S. Weinberg

Review by: Zella Luria

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Relations between Structure and Function in the Prokaryotic Cell. Symposium 28, Society for General Microbiologyby R. Y. Stanier; H. J. Rogers; J. B. Ward

Review by: James Ofengand

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Toward Distant Sunsby T. A. Heppenheimer

Review by: Freeman J. Dyson

Journal:

American Scientist

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1979

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english

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The Chemistry of Antitumor Antibiotics, Vol. 1by William A. Remers

Review by: Alan M. Jeffrey

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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A Call from Hibakusha of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Proc. Internat. Symp. on the Damage and After-effects of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1977Japan National Preparatory Committee

Review by: Stanley Order

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Mathematical Programming and Control Theory. Chapman and Hall Mathematics Seriesby B. D. Craven

Review by: Stephen M. Robinson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Coastal Sedimentary Environmentsby Richard A. Davis

Review by: Arthur L. Bloom

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Rio Grande Rift: Tectonics and Magmatismby Robert E. Riecker

Review by: Kevin T. Biddle

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Perspectives on Lake Ecosystem Modelingby Donald Scavia; Andrew Robertson

Review by: John T. Lehman

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American Scientist

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1979

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english

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Laser Art and Optical Transformsby Thomas Kallard

Review by: Henry Stark

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Books Received for Review

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American Scientist

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1979

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english

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Geology in Environmental Planningby Arthur D. Howard; Irwin Remson

Review by: Robert F. Legget

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Probability on Banach Spaces. Advances in Probability and Related Topics, 4by James Kuelbs

Review by: Walter Philipp

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the Worldby Paul A. Johnsgard;Wild Geeseby M. A. Ogilvie

Review by: Peter D. Bottjer

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Elliptic Systems in the Plane. Monographs and Studies in Mathematics, 3by W. L. Wendland

Review by: Richard Beals

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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The Prevalence of Earthlike Planets: Although a rough estimate can be made of how many Earthlike planets might exist in the universe, the possibility that life has actually evolved on them cannot be calculated even in principle

William G. Pollard

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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The Optics of Nonimaging Concentrators: Light and Solar Energyby W. T. Welford; R. Winston

Review by: M. A. Duguay

Journal:

American Scientist

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1979

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english

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Insect Ears as Mechanical Systems: Recent study has revealed that insect ears use a variety of ingenious mechanisms to determine the direction from which sound comes and to analyze its frequency

Journal:

American Scientist

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1979

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english

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Science in the Middle Ages. Chicago History of Science and Medicineby David C. Lindberg

Review by: Ron B. Thomson

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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77

Physics as a Liberal Artby James S. Trefil

Review by: George E. Holland

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American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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78

Prehistoric Aveburyby Aubrey Burl;Megalithic Remains in Britain and Brittanyby A. Thom; A. S. Thom;Megaliths and Mastermindsby Peter Lancaster Brown

Review by: G. E. Hutchinson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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The Energy Connection: Between Energy and the Economyby Sidney Sonenblum

Review by: Robert W. Gilmer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Treatment in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuriesby Wesley W. Spink

Review by: Michael B. Shimkin

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Megawatt Infrared Laser Chemistryby Ernest Grunwald; David R. Dever; Philip M. Keehn

Review by: James J. Rice

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Normal Radiologic Patterns and Variances of the Human Skeleton: An X-ray Atlas of Adults and Childrenby Rudolf Birkner

Review by: Ronald C. Ablow

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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Mathematical Modelling Techniques. Research Notes in Mathematics, 24by R. Aris

Review by: James C. Frauenthal

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Modern Problems in Elastic Wave Propagation. Internat. Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Symp., Northwestern University, 1977by Julius Miklowitz; Jan D. Achenbach

Review by: Lawrence Flax

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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english

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An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Optimization Techniquesby Richard W. Daniels

Review by: H. F. Trotter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

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Acoustic Imaging with Electronic Circuits. Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, Supplement 11by Henning F. Harmuth

Review by: Frank L. Lederman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Optimization Techniquesby Richard W. Daniels

Review by: H. F. Trotter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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GABA-Neurotransmitters: Pharmacochemical, Biochemical and Pharmacological Aspects. Alfred Benzon Symposium, 12by Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen; Jørgen Scheel-Krüger; Helmer Kofod

Review by: Raymond M. Quock

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed.by Daniel Shanks

Review by: D. H. Lehmer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 375 KB

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Pharmacokinetics. Antibiotics and Chemotherapy, 25by Hans Schönfeld

Review by: Edward R. Garrett

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Spin Labeling 2: Theory and Applications. Molecular Biologyby Lawrence J. Berliner

Review by: David D. Thomas

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics. Vol. 3: Flaws and Testing. Vol. 4: Crack Growth and Microstructure. Plenum, 1978by R. C. Bradt; D. P. H. Hasselman; F. F. Lange

Review by: V. D. Frechette

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Social Interaction Analysis: Methodological Issuesby Michael E. Lamb; Stephen J. Suomi; Gordon R. Stephenson

Review by: Candice Feiring

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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Sun: Mankind's Future Source of Energy, 3 vols. Proc. Internat. Solar Energy Society Congress, New Delhi, 1978by Francis de Winter; Michael Cox

Review by: Aden and Marjorie Meinel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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The Genesis of Cancer: A Study in the History of Ideasby L. J. Rather

Review by: Gert H. Brieger

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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PDF, 561 KB

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Ocean Wave Climate. Marine Science, 8by Marshall D. Earle; Alexander Malahoff

Review by: James Richman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1979

Language:

english

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english, 1979

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