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Volume 72; Issue 1

American Scientist

Volume 72; Issue 1

1

Vision and Behavior in an African Cichlid Fish: Combining behavioral and physiological analyses reveals how good vision is maintained during rapid growth of the eyes

Russell D. Fernald

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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2

Foraging Behavior of True Fruit Flies: Concepts of foraging can be used to determine how tephritids search for food, mates, and egg-laying sites and to help control these pests

Ronald J. Prokopy and Bernard D. Roitberg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 2.08 MB

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3

Snow Cover and Atmospheric Variability: Changes in the snow covering the earth's surface affect both daily weather and long-term climate

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.88 MB

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4

Astronomy for the Inquiring Mindby Eric M. Rogers

Review by: A. W. Hirshfeld

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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5

Carbon Dioxide Review 1982by William C. Clark

Review by: William W. Kellogg

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American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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6

Turbulent Buoyant Jets and Plumes. HMT, The Science & Application of Heat & Mass Transfer, 6by Wolfgang Rodi

Review by: Mahinder S. Uberoi

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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PDF, 311 KB

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7

Mammalian Biology in South America. Pymatuning Symposia in Ecology, 6by Michael A. Mares; Hugh H. Genoways

Review by: Michael J. Novacek

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 319 KB

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8

Loren Eiseley: The Development of a Writerby E. Fred Carlisle

Review by: Luther Val Giddings

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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9

The Ecology of a Tropical Forest: Seasonal Rhythms and Long-term Changesby Egbert G. Leigh; A. Stanley Rand; Donald M. Windsor

Review by: D. H. Janzen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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10

Sigma Xi News

A.N. and C.I.J.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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11

Handbook of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 16: Neuropeptidesby Leslie L. Iversen; Susan D. Iversen; Solomon H. Snyder

Review by: Ian Creese

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 311 KB

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12

Methods in Fruit Breedingby James N. Moore; Jules Janick

Review by: Richard A. Jaynes

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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13

Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 4th ed.by Arthur W. Adamson

Review by: Robert J. Good

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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14

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Techniques Using Fourier Transform Interferometry, Vol. 3by John R. Ferraro; Louis J. Basile

Review by: James A. de Haseth

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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15

The Origin and Evolution of Galaxies. NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Series C. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 97by B. J. T. Jones; J. E. Jones

Review by: Joel E. Tohline

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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16

Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics, Vol. 18by David Bates; Benjamin Bederson

Review by: A. R. P. Rau

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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17

Texture Analysis in Materials Science: Mathematical Methodsby H.-J. Bunge; P. R. Morris

Review by: Hsun Hu

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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18

Material Behavior and Physical Chemistry in Liquid Metal Systemsby H. U. Borgstedt

Review by: Andrew Patterson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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19

Mechanism and Control of Animal Fertilization. Cell Biologyby John F. Hartmann

Review by: Robert M. Petters

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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20

Muscles and Their Neural Controlby Graham Hoyle

Review by: J. Gergely

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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21

Conductive Polymersby Raymond B. Seymour

Review by: J. Mort

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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22

Severe and Unusual Weatherby Joe R. Eagleman;Tornados, Dark Days, Anomalous Precipitation, and Related Weather Phenomena: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomaliesby William R. Corliss

Review by: Charles A. Doswell III

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 305 KB

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23

A Wealth of Wild Species: Storehouse for Human Welfareby Norman Myers

Review by: Michael Soulé

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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24

The Evolution of Insect Mating Systemsby Randy Thornhill; John Alcock

Review by: David E. McCauley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 564 KB

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25

Kinetic Theory of Nonideal Gases and Nonideal Plasmasby Yu. L. Klimontovich; R. Balescu

Review by: William B. Thompson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 339 KB

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26

Cell Behaviour: A Tribute to Michael Abercrombieby Ruth Bellairs; Adam Curtis; Graham Dunn

Review by: Paul B. Bell Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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27

Sigma Xi National Lecturers 1984–85

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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28

Embryos, Genes, and Evolution: The Developmental-Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Changeby Rudolf A. Raff; Thomas C. Kaufman

Review by: John Kirsch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 520 KB

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29

Affluent Foragers: Pacific Coasts East and West. Senri Ethnological Studies, 9. Osaka National Museum of Ethnologyby Shuzo Koyama; David Hurst Thomas

Review by: Clement W. Meighan

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 356 KB

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30

Atomic Energyby R. M. E. Diamant

Review by: Ernest F. Johnson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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31

Dynamical Systems and Microphysics: Geometry and Microphysicsby André Avez; Austin Blanquière; Angelo Marzollo

Review by: Jerrold E. Marsden

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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32

A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintockby Evelyn Fox Keller

Review by: James Shapiro

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 549 KB

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33

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays: Vol. 1: Games in General. Vol. 2: Games in Particularby Elwyn R. Berlekamp; John H. Conway; Richard K. Guy

Review by: Andy Liu

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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34

The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europeby Robert S. Gottfried

Review by: Audrey B. Davis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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35

Two-Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Liquidsby Ad Bax

Review by: Philip Bolton

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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36

Raman Spectroscopy: Linear and Nonlinear. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference, Bordeaux, 1982by Jean Lascombe; Pham V. Huong

Review by: J. J. Barrett

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 550 KB

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37

Racial Adaptations: A Study of the Origins, Nature and Significance of Racial Variation in Humansby Carleton S. Coon;The Biology of Raceby James C. King;Human Variation: Races, Types, and Ethnic Groupsby Stephen Molnar

Review by: R. W. Wrangham

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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38

A Geological Miscellanyby G. Y. Craig; E. J. Jones

Review by: Brian Skinner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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39

Computing in Statistical Science through APLby Francis John Anscombe

Review by: K. W. Smillie

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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40

The Accidental Universeby P. C. W. Davies

Review by: Ira Wasserman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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41

Protein Purification: Principles and Practice. Advanced Texts in Chemistryby Robert K. Scopes

Review by: T. N. Solie

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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42

The Convolution Product and Some Applications. Mathematics and Its Applications. East European Series, 2by Wilhelm Kecs; Victor Giurgiutiu

Review by: Stuart Jay Sidney

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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43

Gene Mapping and Oncogenes: The ability to locate specific genes on chromosomes has permitted scientists to characterize a novel class of genes involved in human tumors

Peter D'Eustachio

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.79 MB

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44

Letters to the Editors

Theodore Lopushinsky, Hans Kaunitz, David Salkin, Doris Penman and Glenn W. Preston

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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PDF, 547 KB

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45

Wolf-Rayet Stars: Observations, Physics, Evolution. IAU Symposium 99by C. W. H. DeLoore; A. J. Willis

Review by: D. C. Abbott

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 345 KB

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46

Applications of Lasers to Chemical Problems. Techniques of Chemistry, 17by Ted R. Evans

Review by: W. W. Duley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 340 KB

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47

Views: On Energy and Land: Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy will change our patterns of land use

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.54 MB

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48

Cognitive Development among Sioux Childrenby Gilbert Voyat

Review by: Charles M. Super

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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Adam Sedgwick: Geologist and Dalesman, 1795–1873by Colin Speakman

Review by: Elizabeth C. Patterson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 320 KB

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Introduction to the Physics of Electroweak Interactionsby S. M. Bilenky; G. B. Pontecorvo

Review by: Lincoln Wolfenstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 551 KB

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Mathematical Models in the Social and Behavioral Sciencesby Anatol Rapoport

Review by: Robert Abelson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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52

Halls for Music Performance: Two Decades of Experience, 1962–1982by Richard H. Talaske; Ewart A. Wetherill; William J. Cavanaugh

Review by: Robert E. Apfel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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53

Symposium on the Orion Nebula to Honor Henry Draper. Proceedings of a Symposium, New York University, 1981. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 395by A. E. Glassgold; P. J. Huggins; E. L. Schucking

Review by: John Mathis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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Photopolymerization of Surface Coatingsby C. G. Roffey

Review by: Elsa Reichmanis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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Tunneling Spectroscopy: Capabilities, Applications, and New Techniquesby Paul K. Hansma

Review by: Arthur Yelon

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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PDF, 350 KB

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56

Back Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

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english

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57

A New View of Current Acid-Base Theoriesby Harmon L. Finston; Allen C. Rychtman

Review by: Russell Drago

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 335 KB

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58

Lightwaves and Telecommunication: Pulses of light transmitted through glass fibers are lowering costs, increasing speed and capacity, and stimulating new uses of telecommunications systems

Stewart E. Miller

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.41 MB

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59

Uncommon Sense: The Life and Thought of Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972), Father of General Systems Theoryby Mark Davidson

Review by: Jane Oppenheimer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 339 KB

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Queues and Point Processesby Peter Franken; Dieter König; Ursula Arndt; Volker Schmidt

Review by: Ward Whitt

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 343 KB

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61

Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and Related Phenomena: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomaliesby William R. Corliss

Review by: Richard E. Orville

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 337 KB

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62

Marginalia: Florence Nightingale among the statisticians

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 469 KB

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63

In Pursuit of the Past: Decoding the Archaeological Recordby Lewis R. Binford

Review by: Glynn Ll. Isaac

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 565 KB

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Identification of Modern and Tertiary Woodsby A. C. Barefoot; Frank W. Hankins

Review by: Graeme Berlyn

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 343 KB

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Introduction to Atomic and Molecular Collisionsby R. E. Johnson

Review by: William Lichten

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 348 KB

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66

The Cell Nucleus, Vol. 10: rDNA. Part A. Part B. Part Cby H. Busch; L. Rothblum

Review by: Peter M. M. Rae

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 339 KB

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67

Bridges and the New Art of Structural Engineering: Good bridge designs exemplify the three criteria of structural art: minimum use of materials, minimum cost, and maximum aesthetic expression

David P. Billington

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 2.97 MB

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68

Contemporary Topics in Molecular Immunology, Vol. 9by F. P. Inman; T. J. Kindt

Review by: D. C. Bauer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 339 KB

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Vanishing Fishes of North Americaby R. Dana Ono; James D. Williams; Anne Wagner

Review by: Michael A. Bell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 349 KB

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Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. Pure and Applied Mathematicsby Harold N. Shapiro

Review by: Underwood Dudley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 560 KB

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Cartesian Tensors: With Applications to Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and Elasticityby A. M. Goodbody

Review by: A. Phillips

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 370 KB

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Cloud Dynamics. Proceedings of a Symposium, Hamburg, 1981by E. M. Agee; T. Asai

Review by: Harold Orville

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 357 KB

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Mind: An Essay On Human Feelings, Vol. 3by Susanne K. Langer

Review by: Marc H. Bornstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 600 KB

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Universal Languages and Scientific Taxonomy in the Seventeenth Centuryby M. M. Slaughter

Review by: Katharine Park

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 558 KB

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Elements of Episodic Memory: Oxford Psychology, 2by Endel Tulving

Review by: Elizabeth Loftus

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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Books Received

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.55 MB

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When the Snakes Awake: Animals and Earthquake Predictionby Helmut Tributsch; Paul Langner

Review by: Leon Otis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 355 KB

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Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing Views of a Changing Worldby Mott T. Greene

Review by: Joe D. Burchfield

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

File:

PDF, 356 KB

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Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing Views of a Changing Worldby Mott T. Greene

Review by: Joe D. Burchfield

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 356 KB

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Deep Spaceby Colin A. Ronan

Review by: Kenneth L. Franklin

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 375 KB

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Understanding the Environmentby Kenneth E. F. Watt

Review by: Keith T. Killingbeck

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

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PDF, 598 KB

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Coastal Landforms and Surface Features: A Photographic Atlas and Glossaryby Rodman E. Snead

Review by: Donald R. Coates

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 543 KB

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Identifying and Estimating the Genetic Impact of Chemical MutagensNational Research Council Committee on Chemical Environmental Mutagens

Review by: Raymond D. Harbison

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1984

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 360 KB

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