The Office of Naval Research
It has pioneered so fruitfully in the support of basic science that it stands as a model for the planned National Science Foundation
Features
Trial by Newspaper
Being an account of the ordeal of Edward U. Condon, or a case study of the press. The treatment of the affair in nine New York dailies is here dissected
The Mechanism of Lightning
The dramatic phenomenon of nature is closely studied in the laboratory and in the field. It is found to be an intricate series of physical events
Tracers
The relatively recent application of labeled atoms in biological research has already brought out some remarkable information about the chemistry of life
Microseisms
Tiny waves that do not originate with earthquakes have puzzled seismologists. Some have been traced to storms, but this does not tell the whole story
Temperature and Life
The thermal environment of organisms is a tiny segment of the thermometer. Some forms, however, have penetrated forbidding regions of heat and cold
Three Mysteries of Easter Island
In which the symbols of the enigmatic Polynesian culture are investigated by the methods of the modern psychologist
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: February 1949
Science and the Citizen: February 1949
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, February 1949
- Recommended
Books
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Astronomer
- Departments
Bibliography
