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Volume 76; Issue 1

American Scientist

Volume 76; Issue 1

1

Precise Measurement of Time

Norman F. Ramsey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Proceedings of the 14th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physicsby Y. M. Cho

Review by: Chia-Hsiung Tze

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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The Cellular Basis of Morphogenesis. Developmental Biology: A Comprehensive Synthesis, 2.by Leon W. Browder

Review by: Marc Kirschner

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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Chemical Engineering: A Review for the P. E. Examby William E. Crockett

Review by: Roger E. Eckert

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Books Received

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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A Eutrophic Lake: Lake Mendota Wisconsin. Ecological Studies, 55by Thomas D. Brock

Review by: Michael L. Pace

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Mind and Brain: Dialogues in Cognitive Neuroscienceby Joseph E. LeDoux; William Hirst

Review by: Steven Schwartz

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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8

The Fauna of the Kiskunság National Park, Vol. 1. Natural History of the National Parks of Hungary, 4by S. Mahunka

Review by: Charles S. Papp

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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9

Community Ecology: Pattern and Processby Jiro Kikkawa; Derek J. Anderson

Review by: Eric R. Pianka

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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10

How Organisms Use Flow-Induced Pressures

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Structure and Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 121by G. Giuricin; F. Mardirossian; M. Mezzetti; M. Ramella

Review by: Martin Elvis

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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12

American Scientist Interviews: Steven Chu on atom traps and optical molasses

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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13

Fredholm Theory in Banach Spaces. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, 86by Anthony F. Ruston

Review by: Charles E. Rickart

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Storm over Biology: Essays on Science, Sentiment, and Public Policyby Bernard D. Davis

Review by: Stanley N. Salthe

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna Inhabiting Subterranean Watersby Lazare Botosaneanu

Review by: David C. Culver

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Rhizosphere. Advances in Agricultural Sciences, 15by Elroy A. Curl

Review by: J. E. Mitchell

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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17

Marginalia: Anatomy of the Extinction Debate

Keith Stewart Thomson

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The European Garden Flora, Vol. 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Angiospermae—Monocotyledons, Part 1by S. M. Walters; A. Brady; C. D. Brickell; J. Cullen; P. S. Green; J. Lewis; V. A. Matthews; D. A. Webb; P. F. Yeo; J. C. M. Alexander

Review by: Edward D. Cobb

Journal:

American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Evolution and Classification: The Reformation of Cladismby Mark Ridley

Review by: André R. Wyss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Crop Productivity: Research Imperatives Revisited. Proceedings, Michigan and Virginia, 1985by Martin Gibbs; Carla Carlson

Review by: Dale N. Moss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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1988

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Crop Productivity: Research Imperatives Revisited. Proceedings, Michigan and Virginia, 1985by Martin Gibbs; Carla Carlson

Review by: Dale N. Moss

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Origins and Relationships of Lower Invertebrates. The Systematics Association Special Volume, No. 28by S. Conway Morris; J. D. George; R. Gibson; H. M. Platt

Review by: Gustav Paulay

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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An Ecosystem Approach to Aquatic Ecology: Mirror Lake and Its Environmentby Gene E. Likens

Review by: John J. Magnuson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Contextualism and Understanding in Behavioral Science: Implications for Research and Theoryby Ralph L. Rosnow; Marianthi Georgoudi

Review by: Donald W. Fiske

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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25

Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racismby John F. Dovidio; Samuel L. Gaertner

Review by: Faye Crosby and Fletcher Blanchard

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Biological Science and the Roots of Nazism

George J. Stein

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Thermal Methods of Oil Recoveryby Jacques Burger; Pierre Sourieau; Michel Combarnous

Review by: Michael Prats

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Views: A Window on Mental Health in China

Arthur Kleinman

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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South Atlantic Paleoceanographyby K. J. Hsü; H. J. Weissert

Review by: Richard L. Bowen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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Pesticides and Groundwater Quality: Issues and Problems in Four Statesby Patrick W. Holden

Review by: William H. Smith

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Taking on the Human Genome

Sandra Ackerman

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Calculating Passion of Ada Byronby Joan Baum

Review by: Nancy Stern

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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33

Denitrification in the Nitrogen Cycle. NATO Conference Series, P. Ecology, 9by Han L. Golterman

Review by: Peter van Berkum

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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The Chemical Engineering Guide to Heat Transfer, Vols. 1 and 2. Vol. 1: Plant Principles. Vol. 2: Equipmentby Kenneth J. McNaughton

Review by: Kenneth J. Bell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Originsby Roger Lewin

Review by: Sandra Ackerman

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Sigma Xi News

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Polarized Light in Natureby G. P. Können; G. A. Beerling

Review by: Paul H. Ribbe

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Back Matter

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Aquatic Microbiology, 3rd ed.by Gerhard Rheinheimer; Norman Walker

Review by: Jed Fuhrman

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Spinors and Space-Time, Vol. 2: Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometryby Roger Penrose; Wolfgang Rindler

Review by: Claude R. LeBrun, Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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Heavy Ion Collisions: Cargése 1984 NATO Advanced Science Institutes, Series B: Physics, 130by Paul Bonche; Maurice Lévy; Philippe Quentin; Dominique Vautherin

Review by: Anthony J. Baltz

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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C4Grasses and Cereals: Growth, Development, and Stress Responseby C. Allan Jones

Review by: Maurice S. B. Ku

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Current Guidelines for the Management of Cancerby Rene A. Khafif; Sameer Rafla; Samuel Kopel

Review by: David S. Fischer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Acid Deposition: Long-Term Trendsby National Research Council

Review by: William E. Reifsnyder

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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A Revolution in Primatology

Review by: David Pilbeam

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Handbook of Plant Cell Culture, Vol. 4: Techniques and Applicationsby David A. Evans; William R. Sharp; Philip V. Ammirato

Review by: Indra K. Vasil

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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A Colour Atlas of Insect Tissues Via the Fleaby Miriam Rothschild; Yosef Schlein; Susumo Ito

Review by: George C. Eickwort

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Microsporidia of Vertebratesby Elizabeth U. Canning; Jiri Lom

Review by: Glenn L. Hoffman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine and Biologyby Peter G. Morris

Review by: Peter Bloch

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Ices in the Solar System. NATO Advanced Science Institutes, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 156by Jürgen Klinger; Daniel Benest; Audouin Dollfus; Roman Smoluchowski

Review by: David J. Stevenson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Modern Techniques of Surface Scienceby D. P. Woodruff; T. A. Delchar

Review by: Victor Henrich

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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On Growth and Form: Fractal and Non-Fractal Patterns in Physics. NATO Advanced Science Institutes, Series E: Applied Sciences, 100by H. Eugene Stanley; Nicole Ostrowsky

Review by: Aharon Kapitulnik

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Mobilizing against AIDS: The Unfinished Story of a VirusThe Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences

Review by: Warren A. Andiman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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PORFILE: Union of Concerned Scientists

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American Scientist

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1988

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Front Matter

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American Scientist

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1988

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Testing Statistical Hypotheses, 2nd ed.by E. L. Lehmann

Review by: Norman L. Johnson

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American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciencesby George E. Marcus; Michael M. J. Fischer

Review by: Paul Riesman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Immigrant Killers: Introduced Predators and the Conservation of Birds in New Zealandby Carolyn King

Review by: Anthony H. Bledsoe

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Designing Optimal Strategies for Mineral Explorationby J. G. De Geoffroy; T. K. Wignall

Review by: Young C. Kim

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Birds of New Guineaby Bruce M. Beehler; Thane K. Pratt; Dale A. Zimmerman

Review by: Ernst Mayr

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Growth and Development: Ecosystems Phenomenologyby Robert E. Ulanowicz

Review by: Stuart L. Pimm

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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RS Ophiuchi (1985) and the Recurrent Nova Phenomenon. Proceedings, Manchester, 1985by M. F. Bode

Review by: Steven D. Kawler

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Principles of Chemical Instrumentationby Gary T. Bender

Review by: Fred H. Walters

Journal:

American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Hydrologic Modeling: Statistical Methods and Applicationsby Richard H. McCuen; Willard M. Snyder

Review by: J. Hugh Ellis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Pharmacology and Applications of Chinese Materia Medica, Vol. 1by Chang Hson-Mou; Paul Pui-Hay But; Sih-Cheng Yal; Lai-Ling Wang; Shem Chang-Shing Yeung

Review by: B. G. Benfey

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainmentsby Martin Gardner

Review by: Underwood Dudley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Dark Companions of Stars: Astrometric Commentary on the Lower End of the Main Sequenceby Peter van de Kamp

Review by: Heinrich Eichhorn

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Elements, Oxides, and Silicates: High-Pressure Phases with Implications for the Earth's Interior. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics, 4by Lin-Gun Liu; William A. Bassett

Review by: Russell I. Hemley

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Geometry of CR-Submanifolds. Mathematics and Its Applications: East European Seriesby Aurel Bejancu

Review by: Gerald Ludden

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Basic Concepts in Population, Quantitative, and Evolutionary Geneticsby James F. Crow

Review by: Jeffrey R. Powell

Journal:

American Scientist

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1988

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english

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The Psychology of Perspective and Renaissance Artby Michael Kubovy

Review by: Lawrence E. Marks

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Biology of the Acanthocephalaby D. W. T. Crompton; B. B. Nickol

Review by: Eugene N. Kozloff

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Geology of China. Oxford Monographs in Geology and Geophysics, 3by Yang Zunyi; Cheng Yuqi; Wang Hongzhen

Review by: Eli A. Silver

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Quark Structure of Matter: Proceedings of a Topical European Meeting in the Rhine Valleyby M. Jacob; K. Winter

Review by: James C. Sexton

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Psychological Testing and American Society: 1890–1930by Michael M. Sokal

Review by: Thomas James

Journal:

American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Averting Catastrophe: Strategies for Regulating Risky Technologiesby Joseph G. Morone; Edward J. Woodhouse

Review by: Elizabeth R. Bird

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Age of Science: The Scientific Worldview of the Nineteenth Centuryby David Knight

Review by: Elizabeth C. Patterson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Rates of Chemical Weathering of Rocks and Mineralsby Steven M. Colman; David P. Dethier

Review by: Richard April

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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Cell Cycle Effects of Drugs. International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 121by Lyle A. Dethlefser

Review by: John C. Marsh

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualismsby Andrew J. Beattie

Review by: Daniel H. Janzen

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Birds of Eucalypt Forests and Woodlands: Ecology, Conservation, Managementby A. Keast; H. F. Recher; H. Ford; D. Saunders

Review by: Frederick H. Sheldon

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Advances in Energy Systems and Technology, Vol. 5by Peter L. Auer; David Douglas

Review by: Joan M. Ogden

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Biology of New World Microtus. Special Publication, 8by Robert H. Tamarin

Review by: Ronald Brooks

Journal:

American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Spiders: Webs, Behavior, and Evolutionby William A. Shear

Review by: Catherine L. Craig

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American Scientist

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1988

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New on the Bookshelf

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Coal Liquidsby Constantine Tsonopoulos; John L. Heidman; Shuen-Cheng Hwang

Review by: Eric Suuberg

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Lecture Notes in Physics, 266: The Physics of Accretion onto Compact Objectsby K. O. Mason; M. G. Watson; N. E. White

Review by: Hendrik C. Spruit

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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The Statistics of Natural Selection on Animal Populations. Populations and Community Biologyby Bryan F. J. Manly

Review by: Michael J

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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How to Avoid Products Liability Lawsuits and Damages: Practical Guidelines for Engineers and Manufacturersby Charles E. Witherell

Review by: Joseph J. Levitzky

Journal:

American Scientist

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1988

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english

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An Adventure in Multidimensional Space: The Art and Geometry of Polygons, Polyhedra. and Polytopesby Koji Miyazaki;A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fullerby Amy C. Edmondson

Review by: Branko Grünbaum

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Soil Salinity: Two Decades of Research in Irrigated Agriculture Soil Science Seriesby H. Frenkel; A. Meiri

Review by: H. E. Dregne

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

Language:

english

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Hydrothermal Vents of the Eastern Pacific: An Overview. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 6by Meredith L. Jones

Review by: Lynn Margulis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1988

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english

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Sigma Xi National Lecturers, 1988–89

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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The Early Embryo and the Formation of Body Pattern

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American Scientist

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1988

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english

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