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Volume 85; Issue 1

American Scientist

Volume 85; Issue 1

1

Tadpole Communities: Pond permanence and predation are powerful forces shaping the structure of tadpole communities

David K. Skelly

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 4.30 MB

english, 1997

2

Macroscope: Art, Imagination and the Scientist

Robert Root-Bernstein

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 1.54 MB

english, 1997

3

The Nanchoc Tradition: The Beginnings of Andean Civilization: Seven thousand years ago, in northern Peru, the processing of lime, most likely for use with coca, launched a community toward social complexity

Tom D. Dillehay, Jack Rossen and Patricia J. Netherly

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 3.89 MB

english, 1997

4

The Stork and the Plow: The Equity Answer to the Human Dilemmaby Paul R. Ehrlich; Anne H. Ehrlich; Gretchen C. Daily

Review by: Partha Dasgupta

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 579 KB

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5

Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worldsby Darrel W. Amundsen

Review by: Francis M. Lazarus

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 541 KB

english, 1997

6

Computational Approaches to Novel Condensed Matter Systems: Applications to Classical and Quantum Systemsby D. Neilson; M. P. Das

Review by: John P. Perdew

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 693 KB

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7

The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Playsby Martin Gardner

Review by: Thomas Banchoff

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 589 KB

english, 1997

8

Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (Second Edition)by Albert Leung; Steven Foster

Review by: Scott Chilton

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 454 KB

english, 1997

9

A Source of Basic Environmental Literacy

Review by: Don L. Anderson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 615 KB

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10

The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscopeby Catherine Wilson

Review by: Peter Dear

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 522 KB

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11

Engineering: The Fixed Link

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.69 MB

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12

THE BOLIDE AND THE BIOSPHERE

Laura Jean Penvenne

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 275 KB

english, 1997

13

Exploring the X-ray Universeby Philip A. Charles; Frederick D. Seward

Review by: Yoji Kondo

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 723 KB

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14

Population Dynamics: New Approaches and Synthesisby Naomi Cappuccino; Peter W. Price

Review by: Michael Gilpin

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 712 KB

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15

Iridescent Blue Plants: Some tropical plants produce color as insects do, using layered filters to create patterns of light interference. The filters' adaptive value remains a mystery

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 3.71 MB

english, 1997

16

The Kobe Earthquake: Geodynamical Aspects. Advances in Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 1by C. A. Brebbia

Review by: Ray W. Clough

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 704 KB

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17

PERTURBING THE OORT CLOUD

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 517 KB

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18

The World According To Waveletsby Barbara Burke Hubbard

Review by: Mary Beth Ruskai

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 543 KB

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19

Bioarchaeology of the Stillwater Marsh, Prehistoric Human Adaptation in the Western Great Basinby Clark Spencer Larsen; Robert L. Kelly; Robert L. Bettinger; Dale L. Hutchinson; Frederika A. Kaestle; Joanna E. Lambert; Becky K. Rolfs; Christopher B. Ruff; Katherine F. Russell; Margaret J. Schoeninger; David Glenn Smith

Review by: Mary Lucas Powell

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 568 KB

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20

Back Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.51 MB

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21

Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDCby Joseph B. McCormick; Susan Fisher-Hoch

Review by: Donald J. McGraw

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 583 KB

english, 1997

22

The Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jetsby Henk Tennekes

Review by: Steven Vogel

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 341 KB

english, 1997

23

Gendered Fields: Rural Women, Agriculture, and Environmentby Carolyn E. Sachs

Review by: Peggy F. Barlett

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 345 KB

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24

Marginalia: A Natural-Born Fiber

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 527 KB

english, 1997

25

Sigma Xi Today: JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1997, VOLUME: 6, NUMBER: 1

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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26

Letters to the Editors

John L. Safko, Laura C. Toomey, Milton B. Engel, Hubert R. Catchpole and Albert Allen Bartlett

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 484 KB

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27

Snow Load on Buildings: Statistics of snowfall plus small-scale simulations help engineers design buildings that can withstand the loads of rooftop drifts

Michael J. O'Rourke

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 2.77 MB

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28

Erratum

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 354 KB

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29

Chemical Waves and Patterns. Understanding Chemical Reactivity, Volume 10by Raymond Kapral; Kenneth Showalter

Review by: William R. Derrick and Leonid V. Kalachev

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 736 KB

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30

Tube: The Invention of Televisionby David E. Fisher; Marshall Jon Fisher

Review by: George B. Kauffman

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 660 KB

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31

Examining our Science and Technology Enterprise

Review by: Peter Blair

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 710 KB

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32

Computing Science: Reinventing the Computer

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 1.01 MB

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33

A Natural History of Amphibiansby Robert C. Stebbins; Nathan W. Cohen;Tracking the Vanishing Frogs: An Ecological Mysteryby Kathryn Phillips

Review by: Henry M. Wilbur

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 602 KB

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34

The Quaternary History of Scandinavia. World and Regional Geology Series, No. 7by Joakim Donner

Review by: Harold W. Borns Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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35

Front Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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36

The Grizzly: Symbol of Lost Wilderness

Review by: David L. Garshelis

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 902 KB

english, 1997

37

Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. An interactive CD-ROM. Version 1.0 for DOS, Windows and Macintosh computers

Review by: William J. Thompson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 492 KB

english, 1997

38

The Collected Works of P. A. M. Diracby R. H. Dalitz

Review by: Louise Dolan and William J. Thompson

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

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PDF, 341 KB

english, 1997

39

Metal-Containing Polymeric Materialsby C. U. Pittman; C. E. Carraher; M. Zeldin; J. E. Sheats; B. M. Culbertson

Review by: Vivian T. Stannett

Journal:

American Scientist

Year:

1997

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 432 KB

english, 1997