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%A R.L. Wesson %A R.E. Wallace %T Predicting the Next Great Eartquake in California %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 35-43 %Z The probability in the next 30 years exceeds 50 percent. %A J.E. Donelson %A M.J. Turner %T How the Trypanosome Changes Its Coat %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 44-51 %Z By shedding its protein coat this parasite successfully evades the host's immune system. %A B.E. Schaefer %T Gamma-Ray Bursters %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 52-58 %Z They may be observed at any time in any part of the sky; several possible mechanisms are proposed %A B.H. Lavenda %T Brownian Motion %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 70-85 %Z This engaging phenomenon has inspired some of the most powerful concepts of contemporary physics. %A T.H. Clutton-Brock %T Reproductive Success in Red Deer %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 86-92 %Z Surprising insights are achieved concerning why some deer reproduce successfully and others do not. %A E. Brookner %T Phased-Array Radars %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 94-102 %Z They can track hundreds of objects, switching from one to another in a few millionths of a second. %A G.E. Loeb %T The Functional Replacement of the Ear %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 104-111 %Z An implanted prosthesis promises to bring useful hearing to patients with sensorineural deafness. %A O.D. Sherby %A J. Wadsworth %T Damascus Steels %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 2 %D February 1985 %P 112-120 %Z Medieval forging methods may make possible the modern mass production of ultrahigh-carbon steels. ------- Rik Verstraete. ARPA: rik@UCLA-CS.ARPA UUCP: ...!{cepu,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!rik
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%A Wassily Leontief %T The Choice of Technology %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 37-45 %X Managers have a powerful new analytical method for making investment decisions about technology. %A Richard L. Edelson %A Joseph M. Fink %T The Immunologic Function of Skin %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 46-53 %X There are specialized cells in the epidermis that present foreign antigens to lymphocytes in the skin. %A J.M. LoSecco %A Frederick Reines %A Daniel Sinclair %T The Search for Proton Decay %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 54-62 %X Is matter immortal? Theory says it is not, but so far no protons have been seen to decay. %A Ivan R. King %T Globular Clusters %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 78-88 %X Dense throngs of ancient stars, they tell much about stellar evolution and the history of the universe. %A A.G. Cairns-Smith %T The First Organisms %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 90-100 %X Not primordial soup but clay, it is argued, provided the fundamental materials from which life came. %A Michael P. Ghiglieri %T The Social Ecology of Chimpanzees %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 102-113 %X A uniquely flexible social order enables chimp society to adjust to changes in the abundance of food. %A A. Trevor Hodge %T Siphons in Roman Aqueducts %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 114-119 %X The siphon formed a key element in the water-supply systems that made Roman urbanization possible. %A Walter Tape %T The Topology of Mirages %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 6 %D June 1985 %P 120-129 %X The distortions that create mirages can be analyzed topologically, without reference to atmospherics.