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Title

Scientific American triumph of discovery : a chronicle of great adventures in science / foreword by John H. Gibbons.

Publication

New York : H. Holt, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Scientific American, inc.

Description

xviii, 254 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

A Henry Holt reference book

Alternative Title

Triumph of discovery

Subjects

• Science
• Scientific American

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Addiction: Chemistry of desire / Solomon H. Snyder -- Aging: Not getting any younger / Carl Eisdorfer -- AIDS: The pandemic spreads / Jonathan M. Mann -- Animal behavior: The liveliest aspect of all that lives / Frans B. M. deWaal -- Archaeology: Digging into the past / Jeremy A. Sabloff -- Astronomy and astrophysics: Observing the universe / Virginia Trimble -- Beyond the Big Bang: In the beginning / Michael S. Turner -- Biological extinction: Disappearing species / Stuart L. Pimm -- The brain: Sense from nonsense / Richard Restak -- Cancer: An ancient legacy / Robert A. Weinberg -- Climate change: Rhythm of the earth / John Firor -- Cryptography: Sending secret messages / Martin E. Hellman -- Data superhighways: The road to the future / Gary T. Marx -- Dinosaurs: The life and death of the dinosaurs / Kevin Padian -- Earthquakes: Great shakes / Bruce A. Bolt -- Energy conservation: Making things work better / Barry Commoner -- Ethics of research: Conduct and consequences / Dorothy Nelkin.

Call Number

JSF 95-558

ISBN

0805035516

LCCN

94039516

OCLC

31329966

Title

Scientific American triumph of discovery : a chronicle of great adventures in science / foreword by John H. Gibbons.

Imprint

New York : H. Holt, 1995.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

A Henry Holt reference book

Added Author

Scientific American, inc.

Research Call Number

JSF 95-558