The Future of the Amazon
Four hundred years of civilized invasion having failed to extract its vast wealth, the Hylean Amazon Institute will now try using the scientific method from within
Features
The Man-Apes of South Africa
Recent fossil finds reconstruct a possible direct ancestor of man who lived seven million years ago
Concerning "Social Physics"
The quotation marks indicate that it is not an accepted science, although it may well become one. Its principal concept: the behavior of people in large numbers may be predicted by mathematical rules
Vesalius: Discoverer of the Human Body
His great De Humani Corporis Fabrica, which founded modern anatomy, is also an unsurpassed work of scientific art
The Dust Cloud Hypothesis
The vast distances of interstellar space are filled with huge amounts of dust and gas, the study of which has led to a new theory accounting for the origin of stars and planets
The Luminescence of Living Things
The soft, cold light given off by a host of plants and animals is an engaging mystery, especially for writers and scientists. Herewith a biologist presents a brief essay on what is known of bioluminescence
Davisson and Germer
In 1927 they discovered that the electron is a wave as well as a particle, a seemingly paradoxical fact which is a part of the foundation of modern physics
Smelting under Pressure
The U. S., world's largest producer of iron and steel, must have more of both. One way to ease the shortage is to increase the pressure of blast in blast furnaces
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: May 1948
Science and the Citizen: May 1948
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, May 1948
- Recommended
Books
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Astronomer
- Departments
Bibliography