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Volume 70; Issue 5

American Scientist

Volume 70; Issue 5

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Folds, Pleats, and Halos: A theorem of pure mathematics predicts the character of many physical halos in the sky

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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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3

Structural Phase Transitions. Taylor and Francis Monographs on Physicsby A. D. Bruce; R. A. Cowley

Review by: John Axe

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Handbook of Energy Techonogy: Trends and Perspectivesby V. Daniel Hunt

Review by: Jerrold H. Krenz

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Physics for Scientists and Engineersby Shelden H. Radin; Robert T. Folk

Review by: Jay Orear

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Bases in Banach Speces, 2by Ivan Singer

Review by: H. E. Lacey

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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A Study of Prehistoric Social Change: The Development of Complex Societies in the Hawaiian Islands. Studies in Archaeologyby Ross H. Cordy

Review by: P. V. Kirch

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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8

Omnivorous Primates: Gathering and Hunting in Human Evolutionby Robert S. O. Harding; Geza Teleki

Review by: Barbara Smuts

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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9

The Development of Aneshesia: Techniques of controlling pain transformed the practice of nineteenth-century medicine, particularyl surgery and dentistry

Audrey B. Davis

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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10

Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning: Extreme Forms of Atmospheric Electricityby James Dale Barry

Review by: M. A. Uman

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Views: The Role of the Dissertation in Scientific Careers: The first decade of professional life offers insights into the effectiveness of the doctoral dissertation in scientific training

Alan L. Porter, Daryl E. Chubin, Frederick A. Rossini, M. E. Boeckmann and Terry Connolly

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Ozonation in Organic Chemistry, Volume 1: Olefinic Compoundsby Philip S. Bailey; Gerard V. Smith

Review by: Gerard V. Smith

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Edward Jenner: The Cheltenham Years 1795–1823: Being a Chronicle of the Vaccination Campaignby Paul Saunders

Review by: S. R. Bruesch

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Population Ecology: A Unified Study of Animals and Plantsby Michael Begon; Martin Morimer

Review by: Mark D. Rausher

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Progress in Medical Radiation Physicsby Colin G. Orton

Review by: John Hale

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Catalysis and Chemical Processesby R. Pearce; W. R. Patterson

Review by: William Curtis Conner

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Photochemical, Photoelectrochemical and Photobiological Processes. Photobiological Processes, Solar Energy Research and Development in the European Community, Series D, 1by D. O. Hall; W. Palz

Review by: Max S. Peters

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Minerals of the Washington, D.C., Area, Educational Series, 5by Lawrence R. Bernstein

Review by: John S. White

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Sigma Xi News

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Archaeology of Beringiaby Frederick Hadleigh West

Review by: William N. Irving

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Plant Breeding 2by Kenneth J. Frey

Review by: Richard Kiyomoto

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Population and Evolutionary Genetics: A Primerby Francisco J. Ayala

Review by: A. Thomas Vawter

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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On the Origin of Chloroplastsby Jerome A. Schiff

Review by: L. Margulis

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Conservation and Management of Whales: A Washington Sea Grant Publicationby K. Radway Allen

Review by: Tim Smith

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Cadmium in the Environment, Part 2: Health Effectsby Jerome O. Nriagu

Review by: Theodore J. Kneip

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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A Theory of Medial Ethicsby Robert M. Veatch

Review by: Audrey B. Davis

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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27

On the Relations between the Physical and Moral Aspects of Man, Vols. 1 & 2. Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanisby George Mora; Margaret Duggan Saidi

Review by: Daniel N. Robinson

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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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Modern Material Culture: The Archaeology of Usby Richard A. Gould; Michael B. Schiffer

Review by: Michael D. Coe

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Applied Functional Analysisby D. H. Griffel

Review by: Stuart J. Sidney

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American Scientist

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1982

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Regions of Recent Star Formation. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 93by R. S. Roger; P. E. Dewdney

Review by: William Langer

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Kinetics and Mechanism, 3rd edby John W. Moore; Ralph G. Pearson

Review by: Frederick Kaufman

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Darwin to DNA: Molecules to Humanityby G. Ledyard Stebbins

Review by: Douglas J. Futuyma

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Some Mathematical Questions in Biology. Lectures on Mathematics in the Life Sciences, 14by Stephen Childress

Review by: Alam S. Perelson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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35

Acceptable Riskby Baruch Fischoff; Sarah Lichtenstein; Paul Slovic; Stephen L. Derby; Ralph L. Keeney

Review by: Lester B. Lave

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Towards an Ecology of Brainby R. Walsh

Review by: A. Horita

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American Scientist

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1982

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Letters to the Editors

Darrell O. Huwe, Pierre H. Guillemette and Arlin J. Brown

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American Scientist

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1982

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The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thoughtby John Block Friedman

Review by: G. E. Hutchinson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Toward a Unified Picture of Elementary Particle Interactions: A quantum field theory now unifies the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions, but many questions remain

Mary K. Gaillard

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self & Soulby Douglas R. Hofstadter; Daniel C. Dennett

Review by: Alan I. Perlis

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Biology of Mossesby D. H. S. Richardson

Review by: Rudolph Schuster

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American Scientist

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1982

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Microbiology: An Introductionby Gerard J. Tortora; Berdell R. Funke; Christine L. Case

Review by: Sidney Harshman

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Pariculate Carbon: Formation during Combustionby Donald C. Siegla; George W. Smith

Review by: James J. Reuther

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American Scientist

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1982

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Applied Regression Analysis, 2nd ed Probability and Mathematical Statisticsby N. R. Draper; H. Smith

Review by: William A. Ericson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Saving the Prairies: The Life Cycle of the Founding School of American Plant Ecology, 189–1955by Ronald C. Tobey

Review by: John H. Perkins

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Gene Transformation: The introduction of genes into animal cells through the use of purified DNA has potential applications ranging from gene therapy to cancer research

Lloyd H. Graf Jr.

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Marginalia: The meanings of evolution

Keith Stewart Thomson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Exploration of the Maya World: After nearly a century and a half of discovery, Maya archaeology continues to provide ever earlier glimpses of an important ancient civilization

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Evolution of Human Social Behaviorby Joan S. Lockard

Review by: N. G. Blurton Jones

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Solar Heating and Cooling: Active and Passive Design, 2ndby Jan F. Kreider; Frank Kreith

Review by: A. Rabl

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Encountering the Universe. The Astronomy Quarterly Library, 2by Michael Heller; A. Potocki; George W. Collins

Review by: Robert James Boyle

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Shear Flow in Surface-Oriented Coordinates Notes of Numerical Fluid Mechanics, 4by Ernst Heinrich Hirschel; Wilhelm Kordulla

Review by: G. S. Deiwert

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Vibrations at Surfaces. Proceedings of the Second International Conference, Namur, Belgium, 1980by R. Caudano; J.-M. Gilles; A. A. Lucas

Review by: W. Henry Weinberg

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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A Möbius Strip: Fin-de Siècle Neuropsychiatry and Paul Möbiusby Francis Schiller

Review by: David Leary

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Making Moral Judgments: Certain culturally transmitted excuses are generally believed to absolve people of blame for harming others

John M. Darley and Mark P. Zanna

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Race, Social Class, and Individual Differences in I.Q.by Sandra Scarr

Review by: John C. Loehlin

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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NMR in Molecular Biology. Molecular Biologyby Oleg Jardetzky; G. C. K. Roberts

Review by: Paul F. Agris

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Transmutation: Natural and Artificial. Nobel Prize Topics in Chemistry: A Series of Historical Monographs on Fundamentals of Chemistryby Thaddeus J. Trenn

Review by: Glenn T. Seaborg

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Numerical Methods Handbook of Appicable Mathematics, 3by Robert F. Churchhouse

Review by: Stanley C. Eisenstat

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Environmental, Health, and Control Aspects of Coal Conversions: An Informational Overview, Vols. 1 & 2by H. M. Braunstein; E. D. Copenhaver; H. A. Pfuderer

Review by: P. W. Purdom

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Lecutres on Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics. CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, 37by Jerrold E. Marsdan

Review by: Alan Weinstein

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Emulsion Polymoerization and Its Applications in Industryby V. I. Eliseeva; S. S. Ivanchev; A. I. Kuchanov; A. V. Lebedev; Sylvia J. Teague

Review by: M. Morton

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Astronomy through the Telescopeby Richard Learner

Review by: David H. DeVorkin

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Cell and Muscle Motility, Vol. 2by Robert M. Dowben; Jerry W. Shay;Vascular Smooth Muscle: Metabolic, Ionic, and Contractile Mechanisms. M. Research Topics in Physiology, 4by M. F. Crass; C. D. Barnes

Review by: J. Gergely

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Handbook of High Resolution Multinuclear NMRby C. Brevard; P. Granger

Review by: John S. Waugh

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Our Turbulent Sunby Kendrick Frazier

Review by: Richard R. Fisher

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American Scientist

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1982

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Our Turbulent Sunby Kendrick Frazier

Review by: Richard R. Fisher

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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