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Volume 85; Issue 6

American Scientist

Volume 85; Issue 6

1

The Periodic Table and the Electron: Although electronic configurations are traditionally invoked to explain the periodic system, their explanatory power remains only approximate

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Afterglow of Creation: From the Fireball to the Discovery of Cosmic Ripplesby Marcus Chown

Review by: Jorge A. Lopez

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 618 KB

english, 1997

3

Sigma Xi Today: NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 1997, VOLUME: 6, NUMBER: 6

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 1.34 MB

english, 1997

4

Introduction to Fourier Optics. Second Editionby Joseph W. Goodman

Review by: Mary S. Tobin

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 575 KB

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5

Birds, Bats and Bullfrogs: Student Reviews

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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english, 1997

6

Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturers, 1998–1999

George (Rip) Rapp Jr.

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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english, 1997

7

Dynamics of Granular Material: Vibrations in assemblies of grains, from sand to glass beads, generate organized phenomena, including complex patterns of flow

Heinrich M. Jaeger and Sidney R. Nagel

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 1.98 MB

english, 1997

8

Interfacial Electrochemistryby Wolfgang Schmickler

Review by: Janet Osteryoung

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 1.05 MB

english, 1997

9

Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Australian Astronomyby Raymond Haynes; Roslynn Haynes; David Malin; Richard McGee

Review by: Ronald N. Bracewell

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 348 KB

english, 1997

10

Sex, Power, Conflict: Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectivesby David Buss; Neil Malamuth

Review by: Rhoda Unger

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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11

The World Made New: Frederick Soddy, Science, Politics, and Environmentby Linda Merricks

Review by: Lawrence Badash

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 373 KB

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12

The Ocean Circulation Inverse Problemby Carl Wunsch

Review by: Bruce A. Warren

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 553 KB

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13

Paths of Fire: An Anthropologist's Inquiry into Western Technologyby Robert McC. Adams

Review by: Robert A. Frosch

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 540 KB

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14

Erratum: Strength in Numbers: Discovering the Joy and Power of Mathematics in Everyday Life

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 352 KB

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Building the Nineteenth Centuryby Tom F. Peters

Review by: Henry Petroski

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Changeby J. T. Houghton; L. G. Meira Filho; B. A. Callander; N. Harris; A. Kattenberg; K. Maskell;Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation: Scientific–Technical Analysesby R T. Watson; M. C. Zinyowera; R. H. Moss

Review by: Lawrence C. Nkemdirim

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 775 KB

english, 1997

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Leonardo in Hyperspace: CD-ROM Reviews

Review by: Luis S. Mejia and William J. Thompson

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 837 KB

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Russian Contributions to Invertebrate Behaviorby Charles I. Abramson; Zhanna P. Shuranova; Yuri M. Burmistrov

Review by: James L. Gould

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 1.03 MB

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19

Macroscope: Making Connections

Meredith F. Small

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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20

WHICH WAY DID WE GO?

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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21

Death of the Guilds: Professions, States, and the Advance of Capitalism, 1930s to the Presentby Elliott A. Krause

Review by: Walter H. Plosila

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 555 KB

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22

Erratum: Plant Migration and Climate Change: A more realistic portrait of plant migration is essential to predicting biological responses to global warming in a world drastically altered by human activity

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 375 KB

english, 1997

23

The Pleasures of Countingby T. W. Körner

Review by: Sherman Stein

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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24

Letters to the Editors

Simona Badilescu and M. L. Wolbarsht

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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25

Case Studies in Environmental Archaeologyby Elizabeth J. Reitz; Lee A. Newsom; Sylvia J. Scudder

Review by: Donald K. Grayson

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 332 KB

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26

Back Matter

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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27

Computing Science: Square Knots

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 1.09 MB

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'GORILLA' TACKLES MONSTER SUMS

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Correction: Sigma Xi Today: JULY/AUGUST, 1997, VOLUME: 6, NUMBER: 4

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Raptors: The Birds of Preyby Scott Weidensaul

Review by: Helmut C. Mueller

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science: Flora's Daughters and Botany in England 1760–1860by Ann B. Shteir

Review by: Jean H. Langenheim

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 579 KB

english, 1997

32

Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimensionby Leslie E. Sponsel; Thomas N. Headland; Robert C. Bailey;Borneo in Transition: People, Forests, Conservation, and Developmentby Christine Padoch; Nancy Lee Peluso

Review by: Ricardo Godoy

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Genetics and Mental Illness: Evolving Issues for Research and Societyby Laura Lee Hall

Review by: Marcy C. Speer

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 345 KB

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34

How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Lifeby Louis A. Bloomfield

Review by: David G. Haase

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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35

Dynamical Systems and Numerical Analysisby A. M. Stuart; A. R. Humphries

Review by: Victor Pereyra

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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36

The Discovery of Brown Dwarfs: These substellar objects had eluded astronomers' telescopes for decades

Eduardo L. Martin, Rafael Rebolo and Maria Rosa Zapatero-Osorio

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 3.19 MB

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37

Front Matter

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 4.55 MB

english, 1997

38

Ionic Polymerization Fundamentalsby Michael Szwarc

Review by: Vivian T. Stannett

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 343 KB

english, 1997

39

Protein Engineering: Principles and Practiceby Jeffrey L. Cleland; Charles S. Craik

Review by: Thomas W. Traut

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Science Books for Young Readers: Playing with Biodiversity

Review by: Kathy Winnett-Murray

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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Marginalia: Natural Selection and Evolution's Smoking Gun

Keith Stewart Thomson

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 808 KB

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42

HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Realityby David G. Stork

Review by: William J. Thompson

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 606 KB

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The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Societyby Stephen R. Kellert

Review by: Patti H. Clayton

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 652 KB

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The Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Cultural Contextby Daniel M. Perrine

Review by: George B. Kauffman

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American Scientist

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1997

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english

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PDF, 588 KB

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The Challenges of Diving to Depth: The deepest sea divers have unique ways of budgeting their oxygen supply and responding to pressure

Gerald L. Kooyman and Paul J. Ponganis

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American Scientist

Year:

1997

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english

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PDF, 4.04 MB

english, 1997

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