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Volume 71; Issue 6

American Scientist

Volume 71; Issue 6

1

Honey Bee Navigation: The honey bee's ability to find its way depends on a hierarchy of sophisticated orientation mechanisms

Fred C. Dyer and James L. Could

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Karst Landforms: The striking variation in karst topography has prompted researchers to measure the rates of erosion in limestone

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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3

Introduction to High Performance Liquid Chromatography. 2nd ed.by R. J. Hamilton; P. A. Sewell

Review by: Wayne Melander

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Continuum Mechanics: Fundamentalsby S. Valliappan

Review by: A. Phillips

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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Algebraic Automata Theory: Studies in Advanced Mathematics, 1by W. M. L. Holcombe

Review by: M. A. Arbib

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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6

Paleoecology of Beringiaby David M. Hopkins; John V. Matthews; Charles E. Schweger; Steven B. Young

Review by: Don E. Dumond

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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7

High-Precision Earth Rotation and Earth-Moon Dynamics: Lunar Distances and Related Observations. ASS Library, 94by O. Calame

Review by: W. J. Klepczynski

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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8

Targeted Drugs. Polymers in Biology and Medicine, 2by Eugene P. Goldberg

Review by: R. E. Counsell

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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9

Back Matter

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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10

Large-Scale Use of Solar Energy with Central Receivers: Systems using mirros to direct sunlight at a central receiver can produce heat for industry and electric utilities

Frank Kreith and Richard T. Meyer

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Air Pollution Modeling and Its Applications 2. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Technical Meeting, SRI International, Menlo Park, 1981by C. De Wispelaere

Review by: James A. Fay

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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PDF, 314 KB

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12

Growth and Maturation Factors, Vol. 1by Gordon Guroff

Review by: Lynn Caporate

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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13

The Realm of the Nebulaeby Edwin Hubble

Review by: Robert P. Kirshner

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Laer Processing and Analysis of Materialsby W. W. Duley

Review by: Ted R. Evans

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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Electronic Properties of Polymers.by J. Mort; G. Pfister

Review by: Raymond B. Seymour

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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16

Neyman: From Lifeby Constance Reid

Review by: Albert H. Bowker

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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17

Population Genetics in Animal Breeding, 2nd ed.by Franz Pirchner

Review by: R. Frankham

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Philopatry, Inbreeding, and the Evolution of Sexby William M. Shields

Review by: Teresa J. Crease

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Multicomputers and Image Processing: Algorithms and Programs. Notes and Reports in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, 3by Kendall Preston; Leonard Uhr

Review by: Azriel Rosenfeld

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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20

Marginalia: What is science for?

G. Evelyn Hutchinson

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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21

Control Science and Technology for the Progress of Society, Vol. 1: Control Theory. Proceedings of the 8th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Kyoto, 1981by H. Akashi

Review by: Kenneth A. Loparo

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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22

Galactic X-Ray Sourcesby Peter W. Sanford; Paul Laskarides; June Salton

Review by: Claude R. Canizares

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Ancient Maya Civilizationby Normal Hammond

Review by: David M. Pendergast

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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24

Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physicsby David E. Johnson; Johnny R. Johnson

Review by: J. W. Dettman

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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25

How Knowledge Influences Learning: What children already know about scientific and mathematical concepts influences how they acquire additional information

Robert S. Siegler

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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26

Multiphase Chemical Reactors, Vol. 2: Design Methods. NATO Advanced Study Institutes, E: Applied Sciences, 52by Alirio E. Rodrigues; Joseph M. Calo; Norman H. Sweed

Review by: Michael P. Dudubović

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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27

The Visual Display of Quantitative Informationby Edward R. Tufte

Review by: Alvin Eisenman

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Atomic Radiative Processesby Peter R. fontana

Review by: William Lichten

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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Stochasticity and partial Order: Doubly Stochastic Maps and Unitary Mixing. Mathematics and Its Applications, 9by Peter M. Alberti; Armin Uhlmann

Review by: S. Sakai

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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30

Stronger Than a Hundred Men: A History of the Vertical Water Wheel. Studies in the History of Technology, New Series, 7by Terry S. Reynolds

Review by: Robert W. Seidel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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A Prehistory of Australia, New Guinea and Sahul.by J. Peter White

Review by: Richard A. Gould

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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The Rise of Robert Millikan: Portrait of a Life in American Scienceby Robert H. Kargon

Review by: Katherine R. Sopka

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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33

Spline Functions: Basic Theoryby Larry L. Schumaker

Review by: Edwin N. Nilson

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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34

Nuclear War: The Aftermathby Jeannie Peterson; Don Hinrichsen

Review by: David P. Barash

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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35

Rock Art of the Spanish Levan. The Imprint of Manby Antonio Beltran; Margaret Brown;The Dawn of European Art. The Imprint of Manby André Leroi-Gourhan; Sara Champion

Review by: Andrée Rosenfeld

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Front Matter

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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37

Dynamical Systems 2. Proceedings of a Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1982by A. R. Bednarek; L. Cesari

Review by: James C. Alexander

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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38

Plant Reproductive Ecologyby Mary F. Willson

Review by: Jon Lovett Doust

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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39

A Course in Linear Modelsby Anant M. Kshirsagar

Review by: S. R. Searle

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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40

Surface Topologyby P. A. Firby; C. F. Gardiner

Review by: Michael Henle

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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41

Archaeology in Namibia: Fossils, stone tools, and abundant rock art testify to the continuous hominid and human occupation of this corner of southwestern Africa for the last two million years

B. H. Sandelowsky

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Fuels and Chemicals from Single-Carbon Sources: Technological innovations are allowing manufacturers to derive chemicals and fuels from new sources

Harold E. Swift

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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PDF, 1.07 MB

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Resource Competition and Community Structure. Monographs in Population Biology, 17by David Tilman

Review by: Michael E. Gilpin

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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44

Deterministic and Stochastic Scheduling. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 84by M. A. H. Dempster; J. K. Lenstra; A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan

Review by: G. N. Frederickson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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45

Climate from Tree Ringsby M. K. Hughes; P. M. Kelly; J. R. Pilcher; V. C. La-Marche

Review by: Thompson Webb III

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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46

Archaeology as Human Ecology: Methods and Theory for a Contextual Approachby Karl W. Butzer

Review by: Frank Hole

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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47

Mammalian Paleofaunas of the Worldby Donald E. Savage; Donald E. Russell

Review by: J. C. Berry

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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48

Books Received

Robert H. M. Simon

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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Letters to the Editors

Andy von Flotow, Winston Cope, Newman A. Hall, W. Robert Powell, Robert M. Schoch and Arthur L. Lutz

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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The High-Energy Limit. The Subnuclear Series, 18by Antonino Zichichi

Review by: Bruce Winstein

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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51

Atlas of Igneous Rocks and Their Texturesby W. S. MacKenzie; C. H. Donaldson; C. Guilford

Review by: Alexander R. McBirney

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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The Psychology of Human-Computer Interactionby Stuart K. Card; Thomas P. Moran; Allen Newell

Review by: Marc M. Sebrechts

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Sigma Xi News

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American Scientist

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1983

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english

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54

Introductory Microbiologyby Frederick C. Ross

Review by: Ellen Neidle

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 20by F. G. A. Stone; Robert West

Review by: Peter P. Gaspar

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Fourier eries and Integrals of Boundary Value Problemsby J. Ray Hanna

Review by: Richard Beals

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Ethics and Animalsby Harlan B. Miller; William H. Williams

Review by: Marian Stamp Dawkins

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American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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58

Ramam Spectroscopy in Biologyby Anthony T. Tu;Biochemical Applications of Raman and Resonance Raman Spectroscopiesby P. R. Carey

Review by: Bruce Gaber

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Neurobiologyby Gordon M. Shepherd

Review by: Geoffrey Raisman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 349 KB

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The Elements of Polymer Science and Engineering: An Introductory Text for Engineers and Chemistryby Alfred Rudin

Review by: Robert H. M. Simon

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 570 KB

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Autoimmune Endocrine Diseaseby Terry F. Davies

Review by: Anthony R. Hayward

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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english, 1983

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Advances in Computers, Vol. 21by Marshall C. Yovits

Review by: James Donahue

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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Proceedings of the 1981 International Peat Symposiumby Charles H. Fuchsman

Review by: H. E. Wright Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth: Special Paper 190by Leon T. Silver; Peter H. Schultz

Review by: M. H. Carr

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 374 KB

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High-Pressure Research in Geophysics. Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12by S. Akimoto; M. H. Manghnani

Review by: R. M. Hazen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 496 KB

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Electrochemistry in Industry: New Directionsby Uziel Landau; Ernest Yeager; Diane Kortan

Review by: Paul N. Cheremisinoff

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 345 KB

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Mechanism Design: An Introductory Textby Sam Molian

Review by: F. R. Erskine Crossley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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PDF, 355 KB

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Continuous Semigroups in Banach Algebras. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, 63by Alan M. Sinclair

Review by: Charles Rickart

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 340 KB

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VLSI System Design: When and How to Design Very-Large-Scale Integrated Circuitsby Saburo Muroga

Review by: John Zornig

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 567 KB

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Wind Tunnel Modeling for Civil Engineering Applications. Proceedings of an International Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, 1982by Timothy A. Reinhold

Review by: H. Fiedler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 565 KB

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Animal-Sediment Relations: The Biogenic Alteration of Sediment. Topoics in Geobiology, 2by Peter L. McCall; Michael J. S. Tevesz

Review by: Allison R. Palmer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

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english

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Science and Moral Priority: Merging Mind, Brain, and Human Values. Convergenceby Roger Sperry

Review by: Jerre Levy

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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High Resolution Spectroscopyby J. Michael Hollas

Review by: Stephen C. Foster

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 352 KB

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Membrane Mimetic Chemistry: Characterization and Applications of Micelles, Microemulsions, Monolayers, Bilayers, Vesicles, Host-Guest Systems and Polyionsby Janos H. Fendler

Review by: B. Ninham

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 373 KB

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75

Convolution in Geometric Function Theory: Séminaire de mathématiques supérieures, Université de ontréal, 1981by Stephan Ruscheweyh

Review by: Peter L. Duren

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 587 KB

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Adsorptionby KJ. Ościk; I. L. Cooper

Review by: G. D. Halsey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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Catalysis: Science and Technolgy, Vol. 3by John R. Anderson; Michel Boudart

Review by: Richard D. Gonzalez

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 365 KB

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The Reticuloendothelial System: A Comprehensive Treatise, Vol. 4: Immunopathogyby Noel R. Rose; Benjamin V. Siege

Review by: Stewart Sell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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PDF, 369 KB

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Migration: Paths through Time and Spaceby R. Robin Baker

Review by: Hugh Dingle

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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Statistical Communication Theory and Its Applicationsby B. R. Levin; M. Edelev; A. Repyev

Review by: A. V. Balakrishnan

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 29by A. R. Katritzky;Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 30by A. R. Katritzky;Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 31by A. R. Katritzky

Review by: George R. Newkome

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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An Album of Fluid Motionby Milton Van Dyke

Review by: Wolfgang Merzkirch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1983

Language:

english

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