The Personality of Peoples
With the aid of depth psychology, anthropologists are learning much about how a nation's cultural patterns may shape the character of its citizens
Features
Potassium
The 19th element of the periodic table has fascinating physical and biological eccentricities. Its behavior in cells is one of the fundamental characteristics of life
Hittite Citadel
Passageway on a hill in Turkey is the key to undeciphered script of a dead civilization
The Antibiotics
The competition of microorganisms has provided man with powerful agents against infection. Presenting a review of their discovery and their development
Learning to Think
Some psychologists have believed that human beings are born with certain powers of reason. The authors present the view that all such functions must first be learned
Galileo
The massive achievements of the Italian physicist, astronomer and mathematician mark the transition from the Middle Ages to the era of modern science
Radioactivity and Time
The regular decay of radioactive isotopes provides evidence of the age of Egyptian tombs, Pleistocene sediments, pre-Cambrian rocks and the earth itself
Seeing Light and Color
One of our most familiar sensory experiences is perhaps the most difficult to define. The study of it requires the application of physics, physiology and psychology
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: August 1949
Science and the Citizen: August 1949
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, August 1949
- Recommended
Books
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Astronomer
- Departments
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