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Volume 95; Issue 6

American Scientist

Volume 95; Issue 6

1

Breeding Better Buildings: Civil engineers may be able to design more innovative and improved structures by borrowing from genetics

Rafal Kicinger and Tomasz Arciszewski

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 2.83 MB

english, 2007

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The Other Evolution Wars: Creationists have long battled with geologists and biologists, but they have only lately taken on physicists and cosmologists

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 3.00 MB

english, 2007

3

Computing Science: Computing in a Parallel Universe

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 1.41 MB

english, 2007

4

Sightings: Found Objects

Felice Frankel and Andrea Ottesen

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 1.09 MB

english, 2007

5

Marginalia: The Inimitable Caroline

J. Donald Fernie

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 1.02 MB

english, 2007

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The Origins of Larvae: Mismatches between the forms of adult animals and their larvae may reflect fused genomes, expressed in sequence in complex life histories

Donald I. Williamson and Sonya E. Vickers

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 2.74 MB

english, 2007

7

Safer Salads: Contaminated fruits and vegetables are more common than ever. Why? And what can consumers do to protect themselves?

Jorge M. Fonseca and Sadhana Ravishankar

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 2.65 MB

english, 2007

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Back Matter

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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Front Matter

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 5.76 MB

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10

Not Just a Pantomime

Review by: Michael C. Corballis

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 896 KB

english, 2007

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Engineering: The Simplest Thing

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 893 KB

english, 2007

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Evolution—Once More, with Feeling

Review by: Robert T. Pennock

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 954 KB

english, 2007

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A Sound Use for Heat: Waste heat can be turned into electricity via acoustic waves

Fenella Saunders

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 679 KB

english, 2007

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From the Editor: The Scientist's Red Pencil

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 915 KB

english, 2007

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Letters to the Editors

Homer Jacobson, Rory Barnes, Sean Raymond, Donald B. Aulenbach, Johan E. Vos, Paul R. Chernoff, Theodore C. Doege and Charlie A. Crutchfield

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 915 KB

english, 2007

16

Theorems to Savor

Review by: James Propp

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 661 KB

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A Paradoxical Subject

Review by: Daniel N. Rockmore

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 652 KB

english, 2007

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Analytical Tools for Evolutionary Processes

Review by: Carlos Castillo-Chavez and Carlos Castillo-Garsow

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 2.12 MB

english, 2007

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In the News

K. W. Gong, C. Francks, V. Ramanathan, E. A. Cartmill, R. W. Byrne, K. D. Bidle, S. Lee, D. R. Marchant, P. G. Falkowski, V. L. Pushparaj and S. Levy

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 263 KB

english, 2007

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Correction: sigma xi today: September-October, 2007, Volume: 16, Number: 5

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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sigma xi today: November-December, 2007, Volume: 16, Number: 6

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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The Power of Symmetry

Review by: David W. Farmer

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 956 KB

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Sunspotting

Review by: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 905 KB

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The Mesozoic Aviary

Review by: Paul M. Barrett

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 1.19 MB

english, 2007

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Penetrating Winds: Might wind turbines one day provide a large fraction of the electric power on the grid?

David Schneider

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American Scientist

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2007

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english

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PDF, 539 KB

english, 2007

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Plumbing the Plumbing

Review by: David Rosner

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American Scientist

Year:

2007

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english

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PDF, 1.04 MB

english, 2007