werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (04/07/84)
<if it was a MEAN bug, it would ignore this, but it isn't. let's keep it> TOC: Scientific American of April 1984 -------------------------------------------- ARTICLES BREAST FEEDING by R.V. Short It is contraceptive, which tends to be overlooked in the world-wide trend toward bottle feeding MOLECULAR CLOUDS, STAR FORMATION AND GALACTIC STRUCTURE, by Nick Scovilleand Judith S. Young THE DIAMOND-ANVIL HIGH PRESSURE CELL by A. Jayaraman Pressures like those near the core of the earth can be generated simply by turning a thumbscrew THE TORNADO by John T. Snow Its causes and behavior are being penetrated by Doppler radar and other observation techniques. VISION BY MAN AND MACHINE by Thomas Poggio The visual system suggests computer programs, which in turn aid the study of the visual system CELL-ADHESION MOLECULES: A MOLECULAR BASIS FOR ANIMAL FORM by Gerald M. Edelman CAM's regulate cell movements that govern the embryo's shape THE NESTING BEHAVIOR OF DINOSAURS, by John R. Horner Much is learned about it from Montana finds of dinosaur eggs and the bones of young dinosaurs. PREHISTORIC RICE CULTIVATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, by S.F.W. Higham The domestication of rice led to the rise of city-states that interacted with both India and China. DEPARTMENTS - Computer Recreations How to handle numbers with thousands of digits, and why one might want to, by Fred Gruenberger DEPARTMENTS - Books Time machines, the first biosphere, the Mayas, the Titanic iceberg, sweeping Swiss panoramas DEPARTMENTS - The Amateur Scientist The physics of Grandmother's peerless homemade ice cream, by Jearl Walker