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Volume 73; Issue 4

American Scientist

Volume 73; Issue 4

1

Plasmons and Surfaces: Electrons oscillating on a metal surface sometimes behave collectively like a single quantum of energy, or plasmon, with surprising effects and some ingenious applications

T. L. Ferrell, T. A. Callcott and R. J. Warmack

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 2.80 MB

english, 1985

2

Trees and Networks in Biological Modelsby N. MacDonald

Review by: Colin Goodall

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 312 KB

english, 1985

3

Warfare, Culture, and Environmentby R. Brian Ferguson

Review by: Charles S. Spencer

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 319 KB

english, 1985

4

Atmospheric Turbulence: Models and Methods for Engineering Applicationsby Hans A. Panofsky; John A. Dutton

Review by: Tetsuji Yamada

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 309 KB

english, 1985

5

Progress in Materials Analysis, Vol. 1. Proceedings of the 11th Colloquium on Metallurgical Analysis, Vienna, 1982by M. Grasserbauer; M. K. Zacherl

Review by: Jerold M. Schultz

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 321 KB

english, 1985

6

The Role of Extracellular Proteins in Learning and Memory: The increased synthesis of brain proteins called ependymins follows the formation of memory and may contribute to the development of synapses

Victor E. Shashoua

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 2.08 MB

english, 1985

7

Statistical Computationby J. H. Maindonald

Review by: Dennis Cook

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 313 KB

english, 1985

8

A New Ecology: Novel Approaches to Interactive Systemsby Peter W. Price; C. N. Slobodchikoff; William S. Gaud

Review by: Beverly Rathcke

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 648 KB

english, 1985

9

To Do No Harm: DES and the Dilemmas of Modern Medicineby Roberta J. Apfel; Susan M. Fisher

Review by: Lois N. Magner

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 317 KB

english, 1985

10

Linear Algebra: Problems Bookby H. D. Ikramov; Oleg Efimov

Review by: Daniel T. Finkbeiner

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 528 KB

english, 1985

11

Asymptotic Theory for Econometricians. Economic Theory, Econometrics, and Mathematical Economiesby Halbert White

Review by: Arnold Zellner

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 550 KB

english, 1985

12

Ice Sheets and Climateby J. Oerlemans; C. J. van der Veen

Review by: Eric J. Barron

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 333 KB

english, 1985

13

Nest Building and Bird Behaviorby Nicholas E. Collias; Elsie C. Collias

Review by: Robert B. Payne

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Fichier:

PDF, 546 KB

1985

14

Nest Building and Bird Behaviorby Nicholas E. Collias; Elsie C. Collias

Review by: Robert B. Payne

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 546 KB

english, 1985

15

Engineering Flow and Heat Transferby Octave Levenspiel

Review by: Robert S. Brodkey

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 341 KB

english, 1985

16

Science in Governmentby J. Ronayne

Review by: D. Allan Bromley

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

17

Animal Thinkingby Donald R. Griffin

Review by: R. Haven Wiley

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

18

Linear Statistical Analysis of Discrete Databy Mikel Aickin

Review by: Nan Laird

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 339 KB

english, 1985

19

Marginalia: Derelict toward the land

Keith Stewart Thomson

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 802 KB

english, 1985

20

Issues and Reviews in Teratology, Vol. 2by Harold Kalter

Review by: Raymond D. Harbison

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 677 KB

english, 1985

21

Measuring Techniques in Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows. Proceedings of a Symposium, Nancy, 1983by J. M. Delhaye; G. Cognet

Review by: Wolfram Frank

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 558 KB

english, 1985

22

Time's Arrows: Scientific Attitudes toward Timeby Richard Morris

Review by: Andrew M. Sessler

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 337 KB

english, 1985

23

Letters to the Editors

William E. Carter, Robert P. McIntosh, Mark Schulzinger, John V. Aliff and Ronald M. Knaus

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

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PDF, 738 KB

english, 1985

24

Front Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

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PDF, 5.58 MB

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25

Discoverers of the Lost World: An Account of Some of Those Who Brought Back to Life South American Mammals Long Buried in the Abyss of Timeby George Gaylord Simpson

Review by: John Kirsch

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 337 KB

english, 1985

26

Antarctic Earth Scienceby R. L. Oliver; P. R. James; J. B. Jago

Review by: William E. Benson

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 337 KB

english, 1985

27

Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactionsby Michel Boudart; G. Djéga-Mariadassou

Review by: John H. Sinfelt

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 552 KB

english, 1985

28

Multidimensional Digital Signal Processingby Dan E. Dudgeon; Russell M. Mersereau

Review by: Roman Kuc

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 1985

29

Principles of Neural Developmentby Dale Purves; Jeff W. Lichtman

Review by: Robert R. Provine

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 555 KB

english, 1985

30

Problem Complexity and Method Efficiency in Optimization. Discrete Mathematicsby A. S. Nemirovsky; D. B. Yudin; E. R. Dawson

Review by: H. Woźniakowski

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 342 KB

english, 1985

31

Neural Mechanisms of Startle Behaviorby Robert C. Eaton

Review by: Ronald R. Hoy

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

32

The Analysis of Animal Bones from Archeological Sitesby Richard G. Klein; Kathryn Cruz-Uribe

Review by: Allan S. Gilbert

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 553 KB

english, 1985

33

Group Representations and Special Functions. Mathematics and Its Applications (East European Series)by Antoni Wawrzynczyk

Review by: Sigurdur Helgason

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 339 KB

english, 1985

34

Advances in Cryptology: Proceedings of Crypto 83by David Chaum

Review by: Wayne G. Barker

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 340 KB

english, 1985

35

Application of Transition State Theory to Unimolecular Reactions: An Introductionby J. H. Beynon; J. R. Gilbert

Review by: Keith J. Laidler

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 320 KB

english, 1985

36

Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis Testing. Contemporary Biomedicineby J. F. Douglas

Review by: Martin R. Osborne

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 1985

37

Behaviorism: A Conceptual Reconstructionby G. E. Zuriff

Review by: Bernard Kaplan

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 339 KB

english, 1985

38

Back Matter

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 1.57 MB

english, 1985

39

The Development of Plant Biotechnology: Building on early discoveries about plant nutrition, researchers have produced an array of techniques for exploiting the genetic potential of plants

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 2.93 MB

english, 1985

40

Introduction to Combinatorial Theory. Probability and Mathematical Statisticsby R. C. Bose; B. Manvel

Review by: Richard A. Brualdi

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 339 KB

english, 1985

41

Deserts and Arid Lands. Remote Sensing of Earth Resources and Environmentby Farouk El-Baz

Review by: J. R. Goodin

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 550 KB

english, 1985

42

Fast Transforms: Algorithms, Analyses, Applicationsby Douglas F. Elliott; K. Ramamohan Rao

Review by: Henning F. Harmuth

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 347 KB

english, 1985

43

Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptionsby R. J. Blong

Review by: Grant Heiken

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 545 KB

english, 1985

44

Books Received

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 1.24 MB

english, 1985

45

Protoplast Fusion: Genetic Engineering in Higher Plants. Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 8by Y. Y. Gleba; K. M. Sytnik

Review by: Vimla Vasil

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

46

Fundamentals of Fluidized-bed Chemical Processesby J. G. Yates

Review by: T. J. Fitzgerald

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 347 KB

english, 1985

47

The Science of Computing: Parallel computation

Peter J. Denning

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 502 KB

english, 1985

48

Patterns of Human Heredity: An Introduction to Human Geneticsby James R. Brennan

Review by: Carol Jones

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

49

Percolation, Localization, and Superconductivity. NATO Advanced Science Institutes, Series B: Physics, 109by Allen M. Goldman; Stuart A. Wolf

Review by: J. C. Garland

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 527 KB

english, 1985

50

The Creation of Matter: The Universe from Beginning to Endby Harald Fritzsch; Jean Steinberg

Review by: Curt Struck-Marcell

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 320 KB

english, 1985

51

Poison in the Pot. The Legacy of Leadby Richard P. Wedeen

Review by: Lois N. Magner

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

52

Advances in Nutritional Research, Vol. 6by Harold H. Draper

Review by: Richard M. Forbes

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 1985

53

The Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceansby Heinrich D. Holland

Review by: Joris M. Gieskes

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 337 KB

english, 1985

54

A Workbook for Astronomyby Jerry Waxman

Review by: William H. Clarke

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 343 KB

english, 1985

55

Faunal Remains from Klasies River Mouth. Studies in Archaeologyby Lewis R. Binford

Review by: J. F. Thackeray

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 344 KB

english, 1985

56

From Solar Dynamo to Terrestrial Climate: Fluctuations in the energy produced by the sun may help to explain short-term changes in the earth's climate

Sabatino Sofia, Pierre Demarque and Andrew Endal

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 2.14 MB

english, 1985

57

Modification of Radiosensitivity in Cancer Treatmentby Tsutomu Sugahara

Review by: Robert L. Goodman

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 1985

58

Shorebirds. Breeding Behavior and Populations. Migration and Foraging Behavior. Behavior of Marine Animals, 5 & 6by Joanna Burger; Bori L. Olla

Review by: Gloria S. Caldwell

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

59

Physiological Adaptations to Aerobic Training: The increase in blood volume induced by aerobic conditioning is a critical factor in improving performance and promoting resistance to fatigue

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 2.55 MB

english, 1985

60

Five New World Primates: A Study in Comparative Ecology. Behavior and Ecologyby John Terborgh

Review by: Malcolm Coe

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 469 KB

english, 1985

61

Growth and Maturation Factors, Vol. 2by Gordon Guroff

Review by: Ralph Bradshaw

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

62

Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the Worldby Wesley C. Salmon

Review by: R. A. Uritam

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 338 KB

english, 1985

63

Perceiving Tonal Structure in Music: The complex mental activity by which listeners distinguish subtle relations among tones, chords, and keys in Western tonal music offers new territory for cognitive psychology

Carol L. Krumhansl

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 1.91 MB

english, 1985

64

Viral Cytopathology: Cellular Macromolecular Synthesis and Cytocidal Viruses. Comprehensive Virology, 19by Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat; Robert R. Wagner

Review by: Joseph L. Melnick

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 336 KB

english, 1985

65

Landprints: On the Magnificent American Landscapeby Walter Sullivan

Review by: C. Ian Jackson

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 337 KB

english, 1985

66

From the American System to Mass Production 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United Statesby David A. Hounshell

Review by: Norriss S. Hetherington

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 647 KB

english, 1985

67

Reviews in Biochemical Toxicology, 6by Ernest Hodgson; John R. Bend; Richard M. Philpot

Review by: George J. Levinskas

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 584 KB

english, 1985

68

Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligenceby Robert J. Sternberg

Review by: Lee J. Cronbach

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 360 KB

english, 1985

69

Fundamental Concepts in the Numerical Solution of Differential Equationsby J. F. Botha; G. F. Pinder

Review by: Steven M. Serbin

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 366 KB

english, 1985

70

Powder Surface Area and Porosity, 2nd ed.by S. Lowell; Joan E. Shields

Review by: William Curtis Conner Jr.

Journal:

American Scientist

Année:

1985

Langue:

english

Fichier:

PDF, 361 KB

english, 1985