Scientific American triumph of discovery a chronicle of great adventures in science /
| Other Authors: | Scientific American, inc. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
H. Holt,
1995.
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| Physical Description: |
xviii, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: |
Henry Holt reference book.
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| Subjects: |
Table of 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.