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Volume 70; Issue 2
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Volume 70; Issue 2
American Scientist
Volume 70; Issue 2
1
The Invisible Prime Factor: Mathematicians can sometimes prove that a number has factors without being able to find them, a phenomenon that has been used as the basis for "unbreakable" codes
Ian Richards
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1982
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Pathways to Steel: Three different methods of making steel from iron were developed by ancient peoples of the Mediterranean, China, and Africa
Nikolaas J. van der Merwe and Donald H. Avery
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American Scientist
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1982
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Catastrophe Theory for Scientists and Engineersby Robert Gilmore
Review by: John N. Mather
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1982
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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecologyby J. R. Krebs; N. B. Davies
Review by: Kentwood D. Wells
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1982
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english
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The Surface of Marsby Michael H. Carr
Review by: Brian J. Skinner
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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Applied Charged Particle Optics. Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics, Supplements 13A & 13Bby A. Septier
Review by: M. O. Vassell
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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Non-Linear Oscillations. Engineering Science Seriesby Peter Hagedorn; Wolfram Stadler
Review by: Eric E. Ungar
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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8
Immunologic Defects in Laboratory Animals, Vol. 1by M. Eric Gershwin; Bruce Merchant
Review by: George L. Wright Jr.
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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9
Microclimate Measurement for Ecologists. Biological Techniques, 3by D. M. Unwin
Review by: William E. Reifsynder
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1982
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10
Getting Sued and Other Tales of the Engineering Lifeby Richard L. Meehan
Review by: James E. Brittain
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American Scientist
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1982
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11
Desertification of the United States. Council on Environmental Qualityby David Sheridan
Review by: H. E. Dregne
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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12
Theory of the Nuclear Shell Model. Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physicsby R. D. Lawson
Review by: J. W. Negele
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1982
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english
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13
Cosmology and Gravitation: Spin Torsion, Rotation and Supergravity. NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Series B: Physics, Vol. 58by Peter G. Bergmann; Venzo DeSabbata
Review by: Vincent Moncrief
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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14
Radioactive Wastes: Establishment of a safe disposal system involves complex value judgments as well as technological know-how
Brian J. Skinner and Charles A. Walker
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American Scientist
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1982
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15
The Analytic Spirit: Essays in the History of Scienceby Harry Woolf
Review by: Nina Rattner Gelbart
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1982
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16
Lasers and Applications. Optical Sciences, 26. Proc. Sergio Porto Memorial Symp., Rio de Janeiro, 1980by W.O.N. Guimaraes; C.-T. Lin; A. Mooradian
Review by: C. Denise Caldwell
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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17
Principles of Quantum Mechanicsby Ramamurti Shankar
Review by: Gino Segrè
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Year:
1982
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english
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18
Homogeneous Transition-Metal Catalysis: A Gentle Artby Christopher Masters
Review by: B. Boudart
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1982
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19
The High Roadby Ben Bova
Review by: Gerard K. O'Neill
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1982
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20
Letters to the Editors
Sam A. Brady, Carl L. Johannessen and J. Gordin Kaplan
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American Scientist
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1982
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21
Characterization of Soils in Relation to Their Classification and Management for Crop Production: Examples from Some Areas of the Humid Tropicsby D. J. Greenland
Review by: B. L. Sawhney and D. E. Hill
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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22
Progress in Anatomy, Vol. 1by R. J. Harrison; R. L. Holmes
Review by: Virginia S. Volker
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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23
Books Received for Review
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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24
Virus Receptors, Part 1: Bacterial Viruses. Receptors and Recognition, Series B, Vol. 7by L. L. Randall; L. Philipson
Review by: Roger Hendrix
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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25
Geometric Quantization. Oxford Mathematical Monographsby Nicholas Woodhouse
Review by: Victor Guillemin
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American Scientist
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1982
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26
Monoclonal Antibodies to Neural Antigens. Cold Spring Harbor Reports in the Neurosciences, 2by Ronald McKay; Martin C. Raff; Louis F. Reichardt
Review by: Paul B. Farel
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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27
Isolating Radioactive Wastes: Combination of relevant geologic technology, a systems approach, and the multiple-barrier concept is expected to lead to a safe disposal strategy
Cyrus Klingsberg and James Duguid
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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28
Plant Tissue Culture. Methods and Applications in Agricultureby Trevor Thorpe;Genetics of Higher Plants. Applications of Cell Culture. Developmental and Cell Biology, 9by R. S. Chaleff
Review by: Arthur W. Galston
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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29
Immunology of the Eye. Workshop 1: Immunogenetics and Transplantation Immunity. Workshop 2: Autoimmune Phenomena and Ocular Disorders. Workshop 3: Immunologic Aspects of Ocular Diseases: Infection, Inflammation, and Allergyby George M. Steinberg
Review by: I. Willard Abrahams
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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30
Atlas of Blood Cells: Function and Pathology, Vol. 1 & 2by D. Zucker-Franklin; M. F. Greaves; C. E. Grossi; A. M. Marmont
Review by: Samuel Charache
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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31
Neurotransmitter Receptors, Part 2: Biogenic Amines. Receptors and Recognition, Series B, Vol. 10by H. I. Yamamura; S. J. Enna
Review by: Bruce S. McEwen
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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32
Host Rocks for Radioactive-Waste Disposal: Rock salt and several other kinds of rock are being investigated as potential media in which to bury high-level wastes
Serge Gonzales
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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33
The Ocean Basins and Margins, Vol. 5: The Arctic Oceanby Alan E. M. Nairn; Michael Churkin; Francis G. Stehli
Review by: A. W. Bally
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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34
Stigma: A Social Psychological Analysisby Irwin Katz
Review by: James M. Jones
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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35
Human Chromosomes: Structure, Behavior, Effectsby Eeva Therman
Review by: Ann M. Willey
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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36
Synthetic Fuelsby Ronald F. Probstein; R. Edwin Hicks
Review by: Charles A. Walker
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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37
Turbomachines: A Guide to Design, Selection and Theoryby O. E. Balje
Review by: Sigmar Wittig
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American Scientist
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1982
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38
Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence: Basic Chemistry and Analytical Applicationsby Marlene A. DeLuca; William D. McElroy
Review by: William F. Ward
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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39
Qualitative Analysis of Physical Problemsby M. Gitterman; V. Halpern
Review by: Ramamurti Shankar
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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40
Shock Waves and High-Strain-Rate Phenomena in Metals: Concepts and Applicationsby Marc A. Meyers; Lawrence E. Murr
Review by: G. A. Gurtman and J. R. Triplett
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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41
Child Phonology. Vol. 1: Production. Vol. 2: Perceptionby Grace H. Yeni-Komishian; James F. Kavanagh; Charles A. Ferguson
Review by: Harriet B. Klein
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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42
Back Matter
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American Scientist
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1982
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43
Polymines in Biomedical Researchby Joseph M. Gaugas
Review by: Diane H. Russell
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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44
Mathematics of Genetic Diversity. CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, 34by J. F. C. Kingman
Review by: Kenneth J. Hochberg
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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45
Genetics and Breast Cancerby Henry T. Lynch
Review by: W. Eugene Knox
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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46
The Mismeasure of Manby Stephen Jay Gould
Review by: Ulric Neisser
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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47
The Practical Astronomerby Colin A. Ronan
Review by: Alan Hirshfeld
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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48
Energy Economics: Growth, Resources, and Policiesby Richard Eden; Michael Posner; Richard Bending; Edmund Crouch; Joe Stanislaw
Review by: Robert S. Livingston
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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49
Prelude to Galileo: Essays on Medieval and Sixteenth-Century Thought. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 62by William A. Wallace
Review by: A. Mark Smith
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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50
A Scrapbook of Complex Curve Theory. The University Series in Mathematicsby C. Herbert Clemens
Review by: Barry Mazur
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American Scientist
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1982
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51
Introduction to the Theory of Quantized Fields, 3rd ed.by N. N. Bogoliubov; D. V. Shirkov; Seweryn Chomet
Review by: Alan Chodos
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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52
Principles of Immunological Diagnosis in Medicineby F. Milgrom; C. J. Abeyounis; K. Kano
Review by: Anthony R. Hayward
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American Scientist
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1982
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53
Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecologyby Pat Shipman
Review by: F. Clark Howell
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American Scientist
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1982
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54
The Geotectonic Development of Californiaby W. G. Ernst
Review by: Robert E. Wallace
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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55
Discovering the Desert: Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratoryby William G. McGinnies
Review by: W. D. Billings
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American Scientist
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1982
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56
Color Visionby Leo M. Hurvich
Review by: F. M. de Monasterio
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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57
Sigma Xi News
C.I.J.
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American Scientist
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1982
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58
Tesla: Man Out of Timeby Margaret Cheney
Review by: H. James Birx
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American Scientist
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1982
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59
Vito Volterra Symposium on Mathematical Models in Biology. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, 39by Claudio Barigozzi
Review by: David B. Mertz
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American Scientist
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1982
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To Fulfill A Vision: Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium on Gauge Theories and Unification of Physical Forcesby Yuval Ne'eman
Review by: Edward Witten
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American Scientist
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1982
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61
DNA Tumor Viruses: Molecular Biology of Tumor Viruses, Part 2, 2nd ed. CSH Monographs, 10Bby John Tooze
Review by: David T. Denhardt
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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62
Quaternary Paleoecologyby H. J. B. Birks; Hilary H. Birks
Review by: Margaret B. Davis
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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63
The Mouse In Biomedical Research, Vol. 1: History, Genetics, and Wild Miceby Henry L. Foster; J. Davis Small; James G. Fox
Review by: Franklin M. Loew
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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64
Cancer and Chemotherapy, Vol. 3: Antineoplastic Agentsby Stanley T. Crooke; Archie W. Prestayko;Nitrosoureas: Current Status and New Developmentsby Archie W. Prestayko; Laurence H. Baker; Stanley T. Crooke; Stephen K. Carter; Philip S. Schein
Review by: Marc J. Straus
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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65
Biological Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 2by Lawrence J. Berliner; Jacques Reuben
Review by: J. R. Alger
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American Scientist
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1982
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66
Solar Energy and Conservation, Vols. 1–3. Proc. Symp., Miami Beach, 1978by T. Nejat Veziroglu
Review by: George O. G. Löf
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American Scientist
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1982
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67
Life Itself: Its Origin and Natureby Francis Crick
Review by: Jane Oppenheimer
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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68
Semiochemicals: Their Role in Pest Controlby Donald A. Nordlund; Richard L. Jones; W. Joe Lewis
Review by: Ring T. Cardé
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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69
Genetics and Probability in Animal Breeding Experimentsby Earl L. Green
Review by: Thomas M. Sutherland
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American Scientist
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1982
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70
The Himalaya: Aspects of Changeby J. S. Lall
Review by: John David Ives
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American Scientist
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1982
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71
Operating System Elements: A User Perspectiveby Peter Calingaert
Review by: John Levine
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American Scientist
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1982
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english
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72
Semiconductors and Semimetals, Vol. 14: Lasers, Junctions, Transportby R. K. Willardson; Albert C. Beer
Review by: Tso-ping Ma
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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73
Fishes in North American Desertsby Robert J. Naiman; David L. Soltz
Review by: Bruce J. Turner
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American Scientist
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1982
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74
Cell and Muscle Motility, Vol. 1by Robert M. Dowben; Jerry W. Shay
Review by: J. Gergely
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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75
Photosynthesis: Physics Mechanisms and Chemical Patterns. IUPAB Biophysics, 4by Roderick K. Clayton
Review by: Walter Goad
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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76
Aboriginal Man Adapting: The Human Biology of Australian Aborigines. Research Monographs on Human Population Biologyby R. L. Kirk
Review by: Joseph B. Birdsell
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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77
Health Physics: A Backward Glanceby Ronald L. Kathren; Paul L. Ziemer
Review by: John Hale
Journal:
American Scientist
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1982
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english
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78
Direct Perceptionby Claire F. Michaels;Illusions, Patterns and Pictures: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Cognition and Perceptionby J. B. Derêgowski
Review by: Marianne Simmel
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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79
Antarctic Meteorites: The abundant material being discovered in Antarctica may shed light on the evolution of meteorite parent bodies and the history of the solar system
William A. Cassidy and Louis A. Rancitelli
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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80
Vision and Prey-Catching Strategies in Jumping Spiders: A sophisticated visual system is the key to behavioral proficiency and diversity among these small arachnids
Lyn Forster
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American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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81
Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Physical, Medical, and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings. The Committee for the Compilation of Materials on Damage Caused by the Atomic Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasakiby Eisei Ishikawa; David L. Swain
Review by: Gilbert W. Beebe
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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PDF, 438 KB
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82
Introduction to Diagnostic Electron Microscopyby Bruce Mackay
Review by: Michael Kashgarian
Journal:
American Scientist
Year:
1982
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english
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83
The Biosynthesis of Mammalian Melanin: The regulation of pigment formation, the key to disorders such as albinism and piebaldism, may also offer some clues for the treatment of melanoma
John M. Pawelek and Ann M. Körner
Journal:
American Scientist
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1982
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