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Scientific American triumph of discovery : a chronicle of great adventures in science
/ forward by Gerard Piel
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H. Holt
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1995
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1st ed.
Available at Main Collection (Q158.5 .S356 1995) plus 1 more
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| Location | Call No. | Status |
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| Main Collection | Q158.5 .S356 1995 | AVAILABLE |
| St. Andrews-Sewanee School - General | 500 S35 | AVAILABLE |
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| Edition |
1st ed.
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| Description |
xviii, 254 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Includes index.
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| 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.
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| Added Author |
Scientific American, inc.
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| Added Title |
Triumph of discovery.
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| ISBN |
0805035516
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