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Volume 68; Issue 1

American Scientist

Volume 68; Issue 1

1

Neuropsychology. Handbook of Neurobiology, 2by Michael S. Gazzaniga

Review by: Marcel Kinsbourne

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 326 KB

english, 1980

2

Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situationby Mary D. Ainsworth

Review by: L. Alan Sroufe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 556 KB

english, 1980

3

The Bacteria: A Treatise on Structure and Function, Vol. 7: Mechanisms of Adaptationby J. R. Sokatch; L. Nicholas Ornston

Review by: James A. Shapiro

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 520 KB

english, 1980

4

Neutron Transmutation Doping in Semiconductorsby Jon M. Meese

Review by: William B. Yelon

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 314 KB

english, 1980

5

Scarcity and Growth Reconsideredby V. Kerry Smith

Review by: Alexander Zucker

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 544 KB

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6

Introduction to Solid-State Theory. Solid-State Sciences, 2by O. Madelung

Review by: Martin Blume

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 525 KB

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7

Ziegler-Natta Catalysts and Polymerizationsby John Boor

Review by: George A. Castellion

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 314 KB

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8

Lord Kelvin: The Dynamic Victorianby Harold Issadore Sharlin

Review by: C. W. F. Everitt

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 324 KB

english, 1980

9

The Audubon Society Book of Wildflowersby Les Line; Walter Henricks Hodge

Review by: Thomas A. Brown

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 309 KB

english, 1980

10

The Bacteria: A Treatise on Structure and Function, Vol. 6: Bacterial Diversityby L. Nicholas Ornston; J. R. Sokatch

Review by: A. M. Chakrabarty

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 311 KB

english, 1980

11

Paleographic Principles of Oil and Gas Prospectingby N. I. Markovskii; R. Teteruk-Schneider

Review by: Arthur A. Meyerhoff

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 313 KB

english, 1980

12

Aepinus's Essay on the Theory of Electricity and Magnetismby R. W. Home; P. J. Connor;Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study of Early Modern Physicsby J. L. Heilbron

Review by: C. Stewart Gillmor

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 477 KB

english, 1980

13

The Dynamics of Arthropod Predator-Prey Systems. Monographs in Population Biology, 13by Michael P. Hassell

Review by: David Pimentel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 452 KB

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14

A History of the Life Sciencesby Lois N. Magner

Review by: Glenn Vandervliet

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 350 KB

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15

Machines, Languages, and Computationby Peter J. Denning; Jack B. Dennis; Joseph E. Qualitz

Review by: George Epstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 335 KB

english, 1980

16

Technology in Society: An International Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1by George Bugliarello; A. George Schillinger

Review by: Charles A. Walker

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 342 KB

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17

The Marine Algae of Virginia. Special Papers in Marine Science, 3by Harold J. Humm

Review by: Richard B. Searles

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

File:

PDF, 341 KB

1980

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The Marine Algae of Virginia. Special Papers in Marine Science, 3by Harold J. Humm

Review by: Richard B. Searles

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 341 KB

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19

Books Received for Review

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.93 MB

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20

The Circadian System of Man: Results of Experiments under Temporal Isolation. Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicineby Rütger A. Wever

Review by: John D. Palmer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 346 KB

english, 1980

21

Endurance of Life: The Implications of Genetics for Human Lifeby Macfarlane Burnet

Review by: Gerald J. Gruman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 548 KB

english, 1980

22

The Northern Great Barrier Reef: A Royal Society Discussion Held on 28 and 29 January 1976by D. R. Stoddart; Maurice Yonge

Review by: Rhodes W. Fairbridge

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 1980

23

The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft: A Detailed Introduction to the Current Aerodynamic Knowledge and Practical Guide to the Solution of Aircraft Design Problemsby Dietrich Küchemann

Review by: Leland M. Nicolai

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 548 KB

english, 1980

24

Light Transducing Membranes: Structure, Function, and Evolution. Proceedings of the Joint Australian-American Seminar on the Evolution of Light-Trapping Biological Systems, Honolulu, 1977by David W. Deamer

Review by: Ernest G. Uribe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 548 KB

english, 1980

25

Adhesion of Solids. Studies in Soviet Science, Physical Sciencesby B. V. Deryagin; N. A. Krotova; V. P. Smilga; Robert K. Johnston

Review by: J. R. Elliott

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 345 KB

english, 1980

26

Climbing the Academic Ladder: Doctoral Women Scientists in AcademeNational Research Council, Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering

Review by: H. Catherine W. Skinner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 348 KB

english, 1980

27

Asbestos, Vol. 1: Properties, Applications and Hazardsby L. Michaels; S. S. Chissick

Review by: R. A. Scala

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 346 KB

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28

Turbulent Shear Flows Iby F. Durst

Review by: P. G. Saffman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 336 KB

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29

Ocean Scienceby Keith S. Stowe

Review by: Edward E. Southwick

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 331 KB

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30

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: Problems and Applicationsby David Freifelder

Review by: James L. Botsford

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 346 KB

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31

Sigma Xi National Lecturers 1980–81

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.18 MB

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32

Modern Electrical Communications: Theory and Systemsby Henry Stark; Franz B. Tuteur

Review by: Ferrel G. Stremler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 352 KB

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33

Before Pangea: The Geographies of the Paleozoic World: Pre-Pangean configurations of continents and oceans can be reconstructed according to our knowledge of geologic processes still operating in the modern world

Richard K. Bambach, Christopher R. Scotese and Alfred M. Ziegler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 4.23 MB

english, 1980

34

Guide to Basic Information Sources in Chemistry. Information Resources Seriesby Arthur Antony

Review by: Eugene J. Agnello

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 345 KB

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35

Energy Choices

Review by: D. B. Trauger

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 559 KB

english, 1980

36

Mark Kac: Probability, Number Theory, and Statistical Physics. Mathematicians of Our Time, 14by K. Baclawski; M. D. Donsker

Review by: W. Philipp

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 347 KB

english, 1980

37

Modern Approaches to the Taxonomy of the Red and Brown Algaeby D. E. G. Irvine; J. H. Price

Review by: R. B. Searles

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 483 KB

english, 1980

38

Geochemical Processes: Water and Sediment Environmentsby A. Lerman

Review by: A. C. Lasaga

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 348 KB

english, 1980

39

The Temperature of History: Phases of Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century. Studies in the History of Science, 4by Stephen G. Brush

Review by: Alfred Romer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 348 KB

english, 1980

40

Mathematics Today: Twelve Informal Essaysby Lynn Arthur Steen

Review by: Michael Atiyah

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 352 KB

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41

The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of America's Shorelineby Wallace Kaufman; Orrin Pilkey

Review by: Richard A. Davis Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 331 KB

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42

Behavior of Captive Wild Animalsby Hal Markowitz; Victor J. Stevens

Review by: Donald Bruning

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 331 KB

english, 1980

43

Individual Differences in Language Ability and Language Behavior. Perspectives in Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguisticsby Charles J. Fillmore; Daniel Kempler; William S-Y. Wang

Review by: Katherine Nelson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 366 KB

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44

Is Human Memory Obsolete? Comparisons of computer memory with the picture of human memory emerging from psychological research suggest basic differences in modes of operation, with little likelihood that one can replace the other

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.93 MB

english, 1980

45

Neutrons, Gravity, and Quantum Mechanics: Is it possible to observe gravitational effects in experiments in which quantum theory plays a dominant role?

Roberto Colella and Albert W. Overhauser

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.39 MB

english, 1980

46

Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces. Pure and Applied Mathematicsby Sigurdur Helgason

Review by: V. S. Varadarajan

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 550 KB

english, 1980

47

Advances in Computers, Vol. 16by Morris Rubinoff; Marshall C. Yovits

Review by: Nelson L. Max

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1980

48

Digital Processing of Speech Signals. Signal Processing Seriesby Lawrence R. Rabiner; Ronald W. Schafer

Review by: Charles M. Rader

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 565 KB

english, 1980

49

The Concept of a Blood-Brain Barrierby Michael Bradbury

Review by: Bill Garoutte

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 546 KB

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50

Mazon Creek Fossilsby Matthew H. Nitecki

Review by: Simon Conway Morris

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 341 KB

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51

Physiology of Annelidsby P. J. Mill

Review by: Clay Sassaman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 688 KB

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52

Principles of Biomedical Ethicsby Tom L. Beauchamp; James F. Childress;Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethicsby John W. Davis; Barry Hoffmaster; Sarah Shorten

Review by: Harmon L. Smith

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 354 KB

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53

Back Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 863 KB

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54

A Combinatorial Introduction to Topology. Books in Mathematical Sciencesby Michael Henle

Review by: W. S. Massey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 348 KB

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55

Progress in Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy: An International Review Journal, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 & 2by C.L. Chakrabarti

Review by: Marius D'Amboise

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 345 KB

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56

Fish Physiology, Vol. 7: Locomotionby W. S. Hoar; D. J. Randall

Review by: Keith Stewart Thomson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 678 KB

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57

Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Research and Treatment: Psychopharmacologic Considerationsby Donald M. Gallant; Robert Force

Review by: Jay Katz

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 548 KB

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58

The Continuing Quest: Large-Scale Ocean Science for the FutureNational Research Council Post-IDOE Planning Steering Committee

Review by: Charles L. Drake

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 556 KB

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59

Introduction to Marine Pollution Control. Ocean Engineering Seriesby Jerome Williams

Review by: M. Grant Gross

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 539 KB

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60

Laser Beam Propagation in the Atmosphere. Topics in Applied Physics, 25by J. W. Strohbehn

Review by: Daniel G. Fouche

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 346 KB

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61

Heat Pump Technology for Saving Energy. Energy Technology, 39by M. J. Collie;Thermodynamic Analysis of Combustion Enginesby Ashley S. Campbell

Review by: Richard Alben

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 352 KB

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62

Sensory Processing in the Brain: An Exercise In Neuroconnective Modelingby Dean E. Wooldridge

Review by: Burton S. Rosner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 357 KB

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63

Principles and Procedures of Numerical Analysis. Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Science and Engineering, 14by Ferenc Szidarovszky; Sidney Yakowitz

Review by: Eugene Isaacson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 338 KB

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64

Gay-Lussac: Scientist and Bourgeoisby Maurice Crosland

Review by: Elizabeth C. Patterson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 354 KB

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65

The Mycoplasmas, Vol. 1: Cell Biologyby M. F. Barile; S. Razin

Review by: Karl Maramorosch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 342 KB

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66

Marine Outfall Systems: Planning, Design, and Constructionby Robert A. Grace

Review by: James E. Foxworthy

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 348 KB

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67

Barrier Islands: The natural processes responsible for the evolution of barrier islands and for much of their recreational and aesthetic appeal also make them hazardous places for humans to live

Robert Dolan, Bruce Hayden and Harry Lins

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.66 MB

english, 1980

68

The Energy Controversy: Soft Path Questions and Answersby Amory Lovins; Hugh Nash

Review by: Robert G. Sachs

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 347 KB

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69

Surface Crystallography by LEED: Theory, Computation and Structural Results. Chemical Physics, 2by M. A. Van Hove; S. Y. Tong

Review by: Victor E. Henrich

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 555 KB

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70

Transmission and Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves. Electronics Texts for Engineers and Scientistsby K. F. Sander; G. A. L. Reed

Review by: Martin A. Plonus

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 335 KB

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71

A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity. Monographs and Textbooks on Mechanics of Solids and Fluids, Dynamical Systems, 3by Earl H. Dowell; Howard C. Curtiss; Robert H. Scanlan; Fernando Sisto

Review by: Peretz P. Friedmann

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 558 KB

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72

Sound Transmission through a Fluctuating Ocean. Monographs on Mechanics and Applied Mathematicsby Stanley M. Flatté

Review by: N. Yen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 552 KB

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73

Alexander Weinstein Selectaby J. B. Diaz

Review by: Robert Carroll

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 348 KB

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74

Genetic Disorders among the Jewish Peopleby Richard M. Goodman

Review by: Richard E. Hillman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 534 KB

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Statics and Strength of Materialsby Karl K. Stevens

Review by: John A. Lepore

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 346 KB

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76

North American Geology: Early Writings. Benchmark Papers in Geology, 51by Robert M. Hazen

Review by: Henry Faul

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 348 KB

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77

Sigma Xi News

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.67 MB

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78

Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unityby Gregory Bateson

Review by: Hal Caswell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 355 KB

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79

Rock-Forming Minerals, Vol. 2A: Single-Chain Silicates, 2nd ed.by W. A. Deer; R. A. Howie; J. Zussman

Review by: Robert Tracy

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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Prehistoric Cordage. Aldine Manuals on Archeology, 3by William M. Hurley

Review by: Kimio Suzuki

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 357 KB

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Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics, 2nd ed.by R. L. Goodstein

Review by: Stuart J. Sidney

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 338 KB

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82

Do Apes Use Language? One research group considers the evidence for representational ability in apes

E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Duane M. Rumbaugh and Sarah Boysen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.61 MB

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The Adolescent Passage: Developmental Issuesby Peter Blos

Review by: Thomas L. Lowe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 366 KB

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Pathways of Pollutants in the Atmosphereby T. M. Sugden

Review by: John W. Winchester

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 344 KB

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Microscopic Structure and Dynamics of Liquids. NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Series B: Physics, 33by J. Dupuy; A. J. Dianoux

Review by: David Chandler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 365 KB

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Electromagnetism: Principles and Applicationsby Paul Lorrain; Dale R. Corson

Review by: Brenton F. Stearns

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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PDF, 365 KB

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Long Range Order in Solids. Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Supplement 15by Robert M. White; Theodore H. Geballe

Review by: J. D. Axe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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Letters to the Editors

Charles A. Wood, Harry T. Lawless, Laurence Cook and Frank W. Godsey Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

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english

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Front Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

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Biomaterials: An Introductionby Joon Bu Park

Review by: Y. C. Fung

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 343 KB

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Mechanics of Vibration. Mechanics of Solids and Fluids, Mechanics of Structural Systems, 2by K. Marguerre; K. Wölfel; J. W. Meck

Review by: Eric E. Ungar

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 356 KB

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Polynesian Prehistory: Cultural Adaptation in Island Ecosystems: Oceanic islands serve as archaeological laboratories for studying the complex dialectic between human populations and their environments

Patrick V. Kirch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1980

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.96 MB

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