Scientific American Reader

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Scientific American Reader is a clear, authoritative report of
current activity on the frontiers of science—the areas in which
scientists are now breaking through the enigmas of the past to new
understandings of the nature of the universe and of life.
The book derives from articles in Scientific American, the
magazine of which The New York Times says, "Its roster of con-
tributors reads like a Who's Who of contemporary scientific
leaders."
Some fifty of these contributors (including distinguished physi-
cists, psychologists, geneticists, chemists, and astronomers) report
here, with exciting immediacy, on work with which they are
closely involved, in 12 major areas:
Evolution in Space
Structure of the Earth
Structure of Matter
Atomic Energy
Origin of Life
Genetics
The Virus
Stress
Animal Behavior
Origin of Man
The Brain and the Machine
Sensation and Perception
The result is a unified picture of today's scientific knowledge—
equally stimulating to the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Scientific American Reader is a clear, authoritative report of
current activity on the frontiers of science—the areas in which
scientists are now breaking through the enigmas of the past to new
understandings of the nature of the universe and of life.
The book derives from articles in Scientific American, the
magazine of which The New York Times says, "Its roster of con-
tributors reads like a Who's Who of contemporary scientific
leaders."
Some fifty of these contributors (including distinguished physi-
cists, psychologists, geneticists, chemists, and astronomers) report
here, with exciting immediacy, on work with which they are
closely involved, in 12 major areas:
Evolution in Space
Structure of the Earth
Structure of Matter
Atomic Energy
Origin of Life
Genetics
The Virus
Stress
Animal Behavior
Origin of Man
The Brain and the Machine
Sensation and Perception
The result is a unified picture of today's scientific knowledge—
equally stimulating to the general reader, the student, and the
professional scientist who enjoys browsing in the literature of fields
other than his own.
The New York Times calls Scientific American Reader, "In every
respect a most useful and exciting book." And The New Yorker
writes, "An excellent book, well organized, well written. Since 1948
Scientific American Magazine has without much doubt been our
most satisfactory link between the general public and the labora-
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