Visit to Dublin
In which a noted theoretical physicist calls upon the remarkable little group of eminent scientists at Ireland's exotic Institute for Advanced Studies
Features
Food from the Sea
Marine life outweighs terrestrial life, so it has been suggested that man turn to the oceans to ease his food shortage. A statement of the problem's biological basis
Bomb Tests
Pictures of Eniwetok experiments of 1948 are released to public
Leaf Shape
Amateur naturalists have often observed that the leaves of one plant have many shapes. English workers have used this simple phenomenon for the study of aging in plants
Tuberculosis
Although the disease claims steadily fewer victims, it is still imperfectly understood. Recently the problem has been approached by way of the tubercle bacillus itself
Double Stars
The large numbers and various types of these companions in space are a problem to astronomy. The author's theory relates them to the evolution of both stars and planets
Phenocopies
They are copies of the phenotype, the technical term for the visible characteristics of an organism. Their similarity to mutants launched a fascinating inquiry
Freud Now
At 82 the founder of psychoanalysis wrote the final statement of his system. A noted psychoanalyst gives his views on the present condition of Freud's legacy
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: October 1949
Science and the Citizen: October 1949
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, October 1949
- Recommended
Books
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Astronomer
- Departments
Bibliography
