July-August 1995 pages 314 -416contents:Macroscope - "Mother love" revisited - on the use of animal models;Engineering - The Petronas Twin Towers;Computing Science - The wasy the ball bounces;Science Observer - A vanishing velodrome, Growing quantum dots, Sloughing toward snscence, Diamond takes a tubular turn;The Shapes of Planetary Nebulae - These haunting objects may be explained by hudrodynamic models of stellar winds;Shaping Brain Sexuality - Varying reproductive tactics of plainfin midshipman fish have neural discovery;How a Scientific Discovery is Made - A Case History - High temperature superconductivity offers lessons on the nature of discovery;Communa; Breeding in Burying Beetles - Groups may cooperate, sharing resources and the nurturing of offspring;Architecture and Evolution - Do Gould and Lewontin's architectural metaphors suit the evolutionary debate?
Binding: Paperback Label: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Manufacturer: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Studio: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |