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Volume 70; Issue 6

American Scientist

Volume 70; Issue 6

1

The Controversy over Interspecific Competition: Despite spirited criticism, competition continues to occupy a major domain in ecological thought

Thomas W. Schoener

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American Scientist

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1982

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Sigma Xi News

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American Scientist

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1982

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Basic Structure and Evolution of Vertebrates. Vol. 1. Vol. 2by Erik Jarvik

Review by: Keith Stewart Thomson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Exploration of the Universe, 4th ed.by George O. Abell

Review by: Arlo U. Landolt

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Medical Imaging: Many different techniques compete for attention, but each has unique strengths and applications

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Fisher: Life History, Ecology, and Behaviorby Roger A. Powell;Mule and Black-tailed Deer of North Americaby Olof C. Wallmo

Review by: John Krisch

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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7

Introduction to Groundwater Modeling: Finite Difference and Finite Element Methodsby Herbert F. Wang; Mary P. Anderson

Review by: Leonard F. Konikow

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Farming Systems in the Tropics, 3rd ed.by Hans Ruthenberg

Review by: N. C. Brady

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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9

Metal Hydrides. NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Series B: Physics, 76by Gust Bambakidis

Review by: Ham Osterreicher

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Extragalactic Adventure: Our Strange Universeby Jean Heidmann; Maureen Schaeffer; Ann Boesgaard

Review by: Stephen Danford

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Advances in Nuclear Physics, Vol. 12by J. W. Negele; Erich Vogt

Review by: George F. Bertsch

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Ammonites: Their Life and Their Worldby Ulrich Lehmann; Janine Lettau

Review by: Karl M. Waage

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Cognition and the Symbolic Processes, Vol. 2by Walter B. Weimer; David S. Palermo

Review by: Marc H. Bornstein

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Possible and the Actual. The Jessie and John Danz Lecturesby François Jacob

Review by: David L. Hull

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Perspectives on Evolutionby Roger Milkman

Review by: Daniel L. Hartl

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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16

Diseases of the Reptilia, Vols. 1 & 2by John E. Cooper; Oliphant F. Jackson

Review by: Robert L. Snyder

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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17

Carbon Isotopes, Photosynthesis, and Archaeology: Different pathways of photosynthesis cause characteristic changes in carbon isotope ratios that make possible the study of prehistoric human diets

Nikolaas J. van der Merwe

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Stress Effects on Natural Ecosystems. Environmental Monographs and Symposiaby Gary W. Barrett; Rutger Rosenberg

Review by: Mark A. Harwell and Herbert D. Grover

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Introduction to Cometsby John C. Brandt; Robert D. Chapman

Review by: W. F. Huebner and J. J. Keady

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Iron Metabolism in Humans and Plants: Understanding how microorganisms assimilate iron has important consequences for the health of both plants and humans

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Igneous Rocks of the British Islesby D. S. Sutherland

Review by: Ben Harte

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Introduction to Forest Scienceby Raymond A. Young

Review by: David M. Smith

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American Scientist

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1982

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The Ecology of Algaeby F. F. Round

Review by: Megan N. Dethier

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Functional Adaptations of Marine Organisms. Physiological Ecologyby F. John Vernberg; Winona B. Vernberg

Review by: Bruce R. Hargreaves

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Climatic Geomorphologyby Julius Büdel; Lenore Fischer; Detlef Busche

Review by: Sherwood D. Tuttle

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Birds in Medieval Manuscriptsby Brunsdon Yapp

Review by: S. Dillon Ripley

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Exceptional Memory: Extraordinary feats of memory can be matched or surpassed by people with average memories that have been improved by training

K. Anders Ericsson and William G. Chase

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Medical Thinking: A Historial Prefaceby Lester S. King

Review by: Lois Magner

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Cognition, Social Behavior, and the Environmentby John H. Harvey

Review by: Mark Snyder

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Nuclear Particles, Part B. The Cell Nucleus, 9by Harris Busch

Review by: Eric Wieben

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Survey of Contemporary Toxicology, Vol. 2by Anthony T. Tu

Review by: Zoltan Annau

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Cellular Pacemakers, Vol. 1: Mechanisms of Pacemaker Generationby David O. Carpenter

Review by: William McD

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Water and Power

Review by: M. Gordon Wolman

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Information Processing in Animals: Memory Mechanismsby Norman E. Spear; Ralph R. Miller

Review by: William A. Roberts

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Parts 1 & 2. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 74by Sam S. Fisher

Review by: Gilbert D. Stein

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Quantum Mechanicsby Hendrik F. Hameka

Review by: Charles M. Sommerfield

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introductionby Ian J. R. Aitchison; Anthony J. G. Hey

Review by: Alan Chodos

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Blackflies: The Future for Biological Methods in Integrated Controlby Marshall Laird

Review by: John D. Edman

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American Scientist

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1982

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Margaret Mead: A Voice for the Centuryby Robert Cassidy

Review by: Elizabeth Fee

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American Scientist

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1982

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Ultrastructure, Macromolecules, and Evolutionby Lawrence S. Dillon

Review by: William DeWitt

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American Scientist

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1982

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Advances in Infancy Research, Vol. 1by Lewis P. Lipsitt

Review by: Sandra L. Shea

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Chemical Defenses of Arthropodsby Murray S. Blum

Review by: Jerrold Meinwald

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Reminiscences and Reflectionsby Hans Krebs

Review by: Hermann Blaschko

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Biology of Spidersby Rainer F. Foelix

Review by: Herbert W. Levi

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Time in Animal Behaviorby Marc Richelle; Helga Lejeune

Review by: John C. Malone Jr.

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants. NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Series A: Life Sciences, 37by R. K. S. Wood

Review by: Harry Wheeler

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Basic Human Anatomyby Alexander P. Spence

Review by: J. A. Pirkle

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Geobotany 2by Robert C. Romans

Review by: Thompson Webb III

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Convexity and Related Combinatorial Geometry: Proceedings of the Second University of Oklahoma Conference. Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 76by David C. Kay; Marilyn Breen

Review by: Chih-Han Sah

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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The Development of Movement Control and Co-ordination. Developmental Psychologyby J. A. Scott Kelso; Jane E. Clark

Review by: Robert R. Provine

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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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Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significaneby Petre N. Witt; Jerome S. Rovner

Review by: Herbert W. Levi

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Basic Quantum Mechanics. Oxford Physics Series, 8by J. L. Martin;Quantum Mechanicsby Alastair I. M. Rae

Review by: David Park

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Fizzy Sets: Theory and Applications to Policy Analysis and Information Systemsby Paul P. Wang; S. K. Chang

Review by: Lawrence M. Ward

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Structural Biomaterialsby Julian F. V. Vincent

Review by: John M. Gosline

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Letters to the Editors

William C. Meecham, William Bender, Dale A. Russell, Frank Asaro, Luis W. Alvarez, Helen V. Michel, Walter Alvarez and Thaddeus J. Trenn

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Humus Chemistry: Genesis, Composition, Reactionsby F. J. Stevenson

Review by: B. L. Sawhney and P. J. Isaacson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Advances in Agronomy, Vol. 34by N. C. Brady

Review by: G. H. Heichel

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Functions of Several Variablesby B. D. Craven

Review by: Stuart J. Sidney

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Principles of Benthic Marine Paleoecologyby Arthur J. Boucot

Review by: Carlton E. Brett

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Fixation for Electron Microscopyby M. A. Hayat

Review by: Richard L. Wood

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Pointlike Structures Inside and Outside Hadrons. The Subnuclear Series, 17by Antonino Zichichi

Review by: O. W. Greenberg

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Beyond Sociobiologyby John D. Baldwin; Janice I. Baldwin

Review by: Gerald Borgia

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Analysis of Visual Behaviorby David J. Ingle; Melvyn A. Goodale; Richard J. W. Mansfield

Review by: Timothy Goldsmith

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Books Received

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American Scientist

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1982

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Marginalia: Dehydrated elephants revisited

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Espanola, Chama, Taos: A Climb through Time. Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past, 13by William R. Muehlberger; Sally Muehlberger

Review by: Wolfgang E. Elston

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Superspace and Supergravity. Proc. Nuffield Workshop, Cambridge, England, 1980by S. W. Hawking; M. Roček

Review by: John H. Schwartz

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Marine Fisheries Ecosystem: Its Quantitative Evaluation and Managementby Taivo Laevastu; Herbert A. Larkins

Review by: P. A. Larkin

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Principles of Polymer Systems, 2nd ed.by Ferdinand Rodriguez

Review by: Calvin E. Schildknecht

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Plating Waste Treatmentby Kenneth F. Cherry

Review by: Richard Goodson

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Inorganic Coordination Compounds. Nobel Prize Topics in Chemistryby George B. Kauffman

Review by: John C. Bailar Jr.

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Ethnographic Atlas of Ifugao: A Study of Environment, Culture, and Society in Northern Luzonby Harold C. Conklin

Review by: Brent Berlin

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Otto Rank: A Rediscovered Legacyby Esther Menaker

Review by: Ryan D. Tweney

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American Scientist

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1982

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english

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Fungal Physiologyby David H. Griffin

Review by: Richard J. Cole

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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Waiting for the Proton to Decay: Is all matter ultimately unstable? A new generation of experiments, some using millions of gallons of ultrapure water and thousands of photomultiplier tubes deep under the earth, may provide the answer

Lawrence R. Sulak

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American Scientist

Year:

1982

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english

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