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Volume 70; Issue 3

American Scientist

Volume 70; Issue 3

1

Rubik's Cube and Quarks: Twists on the eight corner cells of Rubik's Cube provide a model for many aspects of quark behavior

Solomon W. Golomb

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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The Thermodynamics of Soil Solutionsby Garrison Sposito

Review by: J. J. Jurinak

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Nonparametric Geostatisticsby Stephen Henley

Review by: Antonio Possolo

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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4

Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontologyby Spencer G. Lucas; J. Keith Rigby; Barry S. Kues

Review by: Richard F. Kay

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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5

Festkörper Probleme 21: Advances in Solid State Physicsby J. Treusch

Review by: M. V. Klein

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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6

Views: Dendrochronology and Serendipity: An astronomer's simple but ingenious technology failed in its original objective but achieved unforeseen and astounding successes

Charles J. Hitch

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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7

Concepts of Health and Disease: Interdisciplinary Perspectivesby Arthur L. Caplan; H. Tristram Engelhardt; James J. McCartney

Review by: Harmon Smith

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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8

Biochemistry of Nonheme Iron. Biochemistry of the Elements, Iby Anatoly Bezkorovainy

Review by: Arthur J. Sytkowski

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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9

Gas Turbine Engineering: Applications, Cycles and Characteristicsby Richard T. C. Harman

Review by: Sigmar Wittig

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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10

Puzzles, Problems and Enigmas: Occasional Pieces on the Human Aspects of Scienceby John Ziman

Review by: C. Jan Jackson Executive Director

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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11

Modern Fluid Mechanicsby Shih-I. Pai

Review by: F. G. Hammitt

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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12

Perspectives in Biomechanics, Parts A and Bby H. Reul; D. N. Ghi Rau

Review by: Y. C. Fung

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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13

Protein Quality in Human: Assessment and In Vitro Estimationby C. E. Bodwell; J. S. Adkins; D. T. Hopkins

Review by: Richard M. Forbes

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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14

The Evolution of Bornhardts: The nature of these dramatic landforms that rise abruptly from flat plains is now beginning to be more fully understood

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Marine Invertebrates: Laboratory Animal ManagementNational Research Council

Review by: Carl J. Berg Jr.

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Fundamental Physics of Amorphous Semiconductors. Solid-State Sciences 25by F. Yonezawa

Review by: David Adler

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Gulf Coast Pitcher Plant Bogs: One of the continent's most unusual assemblages of organisms depends on an increasingly rare combination of saturated soil and frequent fires

George W. Folkerts

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Back Matter

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American Scientist

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1982

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Front Matter

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American Scientist

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1982

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20

Biology of Conidial Fungi. Vol. 1by Garry T. Cole; Bryce Kendrick

Review by: H. Branch Howe Jr.

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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A Theoretical Approach to the Preselection of Carcinogens and Chemical Carcinogenesisby V. Veljković

Review by: Martin Osborne

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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22

An Introduction to Variational Inequalities and their Applications. Pure and Applied Mathematics, 88by David Kinderlehrer; Guido Stampacchia

Review by: L. C. Evans

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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23

Science at the Bedside: Clinical Research in American Medicine, 1905-1945by A. McGehee Harvey

Review by: S. R. Bruesch

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Letters to the Editors

Richard C. Raymond, Michael P. Cook, Caroline Arnold, Winslow H. Hartford, Robert P. McIntosh, Robert M. Finks, Hermann Rahn and D. Phillip Sponenberg

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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25

Enzymes. Benchmark Papers in Biochemistry, 1by Herbert G. Friedmann

Review by: Joseph S. Fruton

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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26

Solar Active Regions. A Monograph from Skylab Solar Workshop 3by Frank Q. Orrall

Review by: Hariod Zirin

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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27

Dynamics of Large Mammal Populationsby Charles W. Fowler; Tim D. Smith

Review by: Richard S. Miller

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Gorilla Behaviorby Terry T. Maple;The Natural History of the Gorillaby A. F. Dixson

Review by: Richard Wrangham

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Future Worldsby John Gribbin

Review by: Eric Cabot Hannah

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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30

The Development of the Vertebrate Limb: An Approach through Experiment, Genetics, and Evolutionby J. R. Hinchliffe; D. R. Johnson

Review by: Farish A. Jenkins Jr.

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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31

Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrologyby A. P. Cracknell

Review by: Moustafa T. Chahine

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Discovering Astronomyby William H. Jeffery; R. Robert Robbins

Review by: Stephen Danford

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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33

Marine Botanyby Clinton J. Dawes;Seaweeds and Their Uses, 3rd ed.by V. J. Chapman; D. J. Chapman

Review by: Susan H. Brawley

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Global Reconstruction and the Geomagnetic Field during the Palaeozoic. Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10by M. W. McElhinny; A. N. Khramov; M. Ozima; D. A. Valencio

Review by: Rob Van der Voo

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Gravity, Black Holes, and the Universeby Iain Nicolson

Review by: Richard Matzner

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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36

The Woman That Never Evolvedby Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Review by: Alison Jolly

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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37

The Practical Use of Theory in Fluid Flow, Book 1: Inertial Flowsby Stuart Winston Churchill

Review by: D. P. Telionis

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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38

Plant Science: Growth, Development, and Utilization of Cultivated Plantsby Hudson T. Hartman; William J. Flocker; Anton M. Kofranek

Review by: Arthur W. Galston

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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39

Oxygen and Living Processes: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Topics in Environmental Physiology and Medicineby Daniel L. Gilbert

Review by: Robert S. Fitzgerald

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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40

Behavioral Studies of the Hypothalamus. Handbook of the Hypothalamus, 3Bby Peter J. Morgane; Jack Panksepp

Review by: Ralph U. Esposito

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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41

Semantical Investigations in Heyting's Intuitionistic Logic. Synthese Library, 148by Dov M. Gabbay

Review by: Georg Kreisel

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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42

Essays on the History of the Microscopeby G. L'E Turner

Review by: Elizabeth C. Patterson

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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The Fertile Starsby Biran O'Leary

Review by: Wayne L. Waldron

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Psychoneuroimmunology. Behavioral Medicineby Robert Ader

Review by: George L. Cohn

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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45

Cosmology, 2nd edby Michael Rowan Robinson

Review by: Ira Wasserman

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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46

Handbook of Zoo Medicine: Diseases and Treatment of Wild Animals in Zoos, Game Parks, Circuses and Private Collectionsby Heinz-Georg Klös; Ernst M. Lang

Review by: Murray E. Fowler and Veterinary

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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47

Membrane Receptors: Methods for Purification and Characterization. Receptors and Recognition, Series B, Vol. 11by S. Jacobs; P. Cuatrecasas

Review by: John M. Pawelek

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Between Science and Valuesby Loren R. Graham

Review by: Bernard Langer

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Volcanoes of the World: A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism during the Last 10,000 Yearsby Tom Simkin; Lee Siebert; Lindsay McClelland; David Bridge; Christopher Newhall; John H. Latter

Review by: Charles L. Rosenfeld

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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50

The Renal Papilla and Hypertensionby Anil K. Mandal; Sven-Olof Bohman

Review by: Frank A. Finnerty Jr.

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Case-Studies in Groundwater Resources Evaluationby J. W. Lloyd

Review by: Lucien M. Brush Jr.

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Higher Geometryby N. V. Efimov; P. C. Sinha

Review by: Branko Grünbaum

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Erratum: 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

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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54

The Helium Storage Controversy: Modeling Natural Resource Supply: The complex issue of helium storage provides a case study of the difficult decisions involved in using natural resources

Dennis Epple and Lester B. Lave

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Molecular Processes in Vision. Benchmark Papers in Biochemistry, 3by Sanford Eugene Ostroy

Review by: Timothy Goldsmith

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Chemotherapeutic Agents For Bacterial Infections. Benchmark Papers in Microbiology, 14by Melvyn Lynn; Morris Solotorovsky

Review by: Harold C. Neu

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Martingale Limit Theory and Its Applicatior. Probability and Mathematical Statisticsby C. C. Heyde

Review by: H. Kesten

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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A Book of Problems in Oridinary Differential Equationsby M. L. Krasnov; A. I. Kiselyov; G. I. Makarenko

Review by: Richard Beals

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Weather for Outdoorsmenby Walter F. Dabberdt

Review by: William E. Reifsnyder

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Cardiac Pharmacology. Physiologic and Pharmacologic Bases of Drug, Therapy, 2by R. Douglas Wilkerson

Review by: M. M. Wimbury

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Tunica Treasureby Jeffrey P. Brain

Review by: W. G. Haag

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Sky Atlas 2000.0: Twenty-six Star Charts Covering Both Hemispheresby WilTirion;Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Vol. 1: Stars to Magnitude 8.0by Alan Hirshfeld; Roger W. Sinnott

Review by: Dorrit Hoffleit

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Elements of Soliton Theory. Pure and Applied Mathematicsby G. L. Lamb

Review by: David McLaughlin

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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International Advances in Nondestructive Testing, Vol. 7by Warren J. McGonnagle

Review by: William A. Lanford

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Preparation of Nuclear Targets for Particle Acceleratorsby Jozef Jaklovsky

Review by: Robert A. Weller

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Atomic Physics 7. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Atomic Physics, Cambridge, MA, 1980by D. Kleppner; F. M. Pipkin

Review by: William Lichten

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Cancer and Chemotherapy, Vol. 2: Introduction to Clinical Oncologyby Stanley T. Crooke; Archie W. Prestayko

Review by: John C. Marsh

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Gauge Theories, Massive Neutrinos, and Proton Decay. Orbis cientiae 1981, Studies in Natural Science, 18by Arnold Perlmutter

Review by: William J. Maricano

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Matter, Life, and Generation: Eighteenth-Century Embryology and the Haller-Wolff Debateby Shirley A. Roe

Review by: Charles W. Bodemer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Calcium and Cell Function, Vol. 1: Calmodulin. Molecular Biologyby Wai Yiu Cheung

Review by: Michael J. Walsh

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Some Adaptations of Marsh-Nesting Blackbirds. Monographs in Population Biology, 14by Gordon H. Orians

Review by: R. Haven Wiley

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Fertilization and Embryonic Development in Vitroby Luigi Mastroianni; John D. Biggers

Review by: Howard S. Pitkow

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Robust Statisticsby Peter J. Huber

Review by: I. Richard Savage

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Viruses and Leukemia: Certain viruses are well established as the causative agents of leukemia in numerous animal species, but viral involvement in human leukemia is still a challenging research target

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Computer Networkby Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Review by: John G. Zornig

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Two-Phase Flow Dynamics: Japan-US Seminar 1979by Arthur E. Bergles; Seikan Ishigai

Review by: Robert S. Brodkey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Universal Algebra, 2nd ed. Mathematics and Its Applicationsby P. M. Cohn

Review by: F. William Lawvere

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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The Foundations of Ethologyby Konrad Lorenz

Review by: C. G. Beer

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila: Volume 2d. Volume 3aby M. Ashburner; ; H. L. Carson; J. N. Thompson

Review by: J. Jose Bonner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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The Mammals of North America, Vols. 1 & 2, 2nd edby E. Raymond Hall

Review by: Ralph M. Wetzel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Bones: Ancient Men and Modern Myths. Studies in Archaeologyby Lewis R. Binford

Review by: Richard Potts

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Science and Technology Policy: Priorities of Governmentsby C. A. Tisdell

Review by: Frederick Seitz

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Holography and Coherent Opticsby L. M. Soroko; Albin Tybulewicz

Review by: Henry Stark

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Meteorites: A Petrologic-Chemical Synthesisby Robert T. Dodd

Review by: Edward R. D. Scott

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Stochastic Water Resources Technologyby N. T. Kottegoda

Review by: Delleur

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Progress in particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 7by Sir Denys Wilkinson

Review by: Michael Strayer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Immunoassays for the 80sby A. Voller; A. Bartlett; D. Bidwell

Review by: David B. P. Goodman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Immunologic Defects in Laboratory Animals 2by M. Eric Gershwin; Bruce Merchant

Review by: Dan Monroe

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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Electrochemical Processing. Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry, 2by J. O'M. Bockris; Brian E. Conway; Ernest Yeger; Ralph E. White

Review by: Bret Halpern

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

Language:

english

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Immunologic Defects in Laboratory Animals 2by M. Eric Gershwin; Bruce Merchant

Review by: Dan Monroe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

Language:

english

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Behavioral Mechanisms in Ecologyby Douglass H. Morse

Review by: Douglas W. Mock

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Negotiation Behaviorby Dean G. Pruitt

Review by: Kenneth J. Gergen

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Supersymmetry in Nuclei: Experimental evidence indicates that a very complex type of symmetry occurs in the spectra of some heavy atomic nuclei

Francesco Iachello

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

Language:

english

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Telescopes for the 1980sby G. Burbidge; A. Hewitt

Review by: Harvey Richardson

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Erratum The Himalaya: Aspects of Change

Journal:

American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Chemistry of Coal Utilization, Supplementary Vol. 2by Martin A. Elliott

Review by: Charles A. Walker

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

Language:

english

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