The Shelter-Centered Society
Eight social scientists reflect on the unprecedented effects of a large-scale peacetime civil defense program and present some urgent questions for the consideration of other citizens
Features
Gamma Ray Astronomy
An ingenious telescope in a satellite has provided the first view of the universe at the shortest wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. This historic glimpse is supplied by just 22 gamma rays...
Experiments with Goggles
In which special lenses are used to demonstrate the eye's remarkable ability to correct for distortions. Such studies help to explain how the visual system learns to produce an effective picture of the world...
Malaria
It still disables more people than any other disease. Many nations in which it is a major problem now aim, with the aid of the World Health Organization, at its total eradication
Exploding Wires
Fine copper wires exploded in the laboratory by a large burst of electrical energy produce shock waves that are analogous to those created by meteorites and missiles in the atmosphere
Seismic Shooting at Sea
By setting off explosions in the water and observing how sound waves from them are reflected and refracted, the oceanographer can determine the structure of the earth's crust three miles below the ocean's floor...
Chimpanzees in the Wild
Although these intelligent apes are familiar in the laboratory and the zoo, they have seldom been observed in their native environment. A new study has revealed some unexpected features of their behavior...
Heart Cells in Vitro
When mammalian heart tissue is dissociated and cultured, individual cells beat and organize themselves into fibers. Heart-cell cultures offer a new way of studying the heart and the differentiation of cells...
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: May 1962
Science and the Citizen: May 1962
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, May 1962
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Books - May 1962
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Mathematical Games - May 1962
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Scientist - May 1962
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The Authors - May 1962
Bibliography - May 1962
