Scientific American triumph of discovery : : a chronicle of great adventures in science / [electronic resource] / foreword by John H. Gibbons.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : H. Holt,, 1995.. — xviii, 254 p. : : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - A Henry Holt reference book.
Includes index.
Addiction: Chemistry of desire / Solomon H. Snyder -- Aging: Not getting any younger / Carl Eisdorfer -- AIDS: The pandemic spreads / Jonathan M. Mann -- Animal behavior: The liveliest aspect of all that lives / Frans B. M. deWaal -- Archaeology: Digging into the past / Jeremy A. Sabloff -- Astronomy and astrophysics: Observing the universe / Virginia Trimble -- Beyond the Big Bang: In the beginning / Michael S. Turner -- Biological extinction: Disappearing species / Stuart L. Pimm -- The brain: Sense from nonsense / Richard Restak -- Cancer: An ancient legacy / Robert A. Weinberg -- Climate change: Rhythm of the earth / John Firor -- Cryptography: Sending secret messages / Martin E. Hellman -- Data superhighways: The road to the future / Gary T. Marx -- Dinosaurs: The life and death of the dinosaurs / Kevin Padian -- Earthquakes: Great shakes / Bruce A. Bolt -- Energy conservation: Making things work better / Barry Commoner -- Ethics of research: Conduct and consequences / Dorothy Nelkin.