March-April 1995 204 pagesContents:Macroscope - Muddy water;Marginalia - The Neptuen Affair;Engineering - Tower Bridge;Computing Science - A computer with its head cut off;Science Observer - An open-and-shut- case, Plutonium's bad rap;The Inner Workings of the Earth - The face of out planet may owe many features to the core-mantile boundary;Making Decisions in the Family - An Evolutionary Perspective - Complex social interactions in a family of white-fronted bee-eaters;Molecular Biological Clocks - A mouse gene responsible for daily cycles of activity is discovered;Survival in the Surf Zone - Mathematics and the mechanics predicts optimal sizes for wave-swept organisms;Inside a Dinosaur Bone - Were the dinosaurs physiologically more like birds and mammals or like reptiles?
Binding: Paperback Label: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Manufacturer: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Publication Date: 1995 Publisher: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Studio: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |