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Science, New Series, Vol. 256, No. 5059, May 15, 1992


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Front Matter (16 pp.)
Editorial: A Major Generation Gap, p. 945
Philip H. Abelson


Letters
Antarctic Environmental Concerns, pp. 949-950
Walter E. Massey; A. C. Fraser-Smith; R. A. Helliwell; L. J. Lanzerotti; T. J. Rosenberg
Superconducting Transition Temperature of Doped C 60 : Retraction, pp. 950-951
Z. Iqbal; R. H. Baughman; S. Khare; N. S. Murthy; B. L. Ramakrishna; H. J. Bornemann; D. E. Morris


Correction: Inside AAAS, p. 951
ScienceScope, p. 955
John Travis


News and Comment
The Genome Project: Life After Watson, pp. 956-957+958
Joseph Palca
A Standing Ovation From the Troops, p. 957
Leslie Roberts
Britain Plans Large-Scale Sequencing Center, p. 958
Peter Aldhous
Peer Review Catches Congressional Flak, p. 959
Richard Stone
Did OSI Rewrite History?, p. 959
David P. Hamilton
What Should It Take to Join Science's Most Exclusive Club?, pp. 960-961
Faye Flam


Random Samples, pp. 962-963
Constance Holden


Research News
Looking Glass Chemistry, pp. 964-966
Ivan Amato
HIV Comes in Five Family Groups, p. 966
Steve Sternberg
Giving Personal Magnetism a Whole New Meaning, p. 967
Marcia Barinaga
Hot Rumors, Blue Light, and Modern Art Shake Up Frisco, pp. 968-969
John Travis
'Transparent' Proofs Help Solve Opaque Problems, pp. 970-971
Barry Cipra
Sightseeing at a Black Hole Gets Easier, p. 971
Robert Pool


Perspective
Giant Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Layered and Granular Materials, pp. 972-973
Peter M. Levy
Dendritic Spines: Convergence of Theory and Experiment, pp. 973-974
Christof Koch; Anthony Zador; Thomas H. Brown


Vibrational Modes and the Dynamic Solvent Effect in Electron and Proton Transfer, pp. 975-981
Paul F. Barbara; Gilbert C. Walker; Terrance P. Smith

Energy Sources: A Realistic Outlook, pp. 981-987
Chauncey Starr; Milton F. Searl; Sy Alpert

Airborne Studies of the Smoke From the Kuwait Oil Fires, pp. 987-991
Peter V. Hobbs; Lawrence F. Radke


Research Article
Site-Specific Modification of Pre-mRNA: The 2′-Hydroxyl Groups at the Splice Sites, pp. 992-997
Melissa J. Moore; Phillip A. Sharp


Reports
Depolarization of Alfalfa Root Hair Membrane Potential by Rhizobium meliloti Nod Factors, pp. 998-1000
David W. Ehrhardt; E. Morrey Atkinson; Sharon R. Long
Paleotemperatures in the Southwestern United States Derived From Noble Gases in Ground Water, pp. 1000-1003
M. Stute; P. Schlosser; J. F. Clark; W. S. Broecker
Geothermal Evidence From Canada for a Cold Period Before Recent Climatic Warming, pp. 1003-1005
Kelin Wang; Trevor J. Lewis
Stress Diffusion Along the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, California, pp. 1005-1007
P. E. Malin; M. G. Alvarez
Electron-Tunneling Pathways in Cytochrome c, pp. 1007-1009
Deborah S. Wuttke; Morten J. Bjerrum; Jay R. Winkler; Harry B. Gray
High-Resolution Imaging by Fourier Transform X-ray Holography, pp. 1009-1012
Ian McNulty; Janos Kirz; Chris Jacobsen; Erik H. Anderson; Malcolm R. Howells; Dieter P. Kern
Order and Low Dimensionality in the Organic Superconductor (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 Revealed by STM, pp. 1012-1014
R. Fainchtein; S. T. D'Arcangelis; S. S. Yang; D. O. Cowan
Interaction Cloning: Identification of a Helix-Loop-Helix Zipper Protein That Interacts With c-Fos, pp. 1014-1018
Michael A. Blanar; William J. Rutter
Fast Perceptual Learning in Visual Hyperacuity, pp. 1018-1021
Tomaso Poggio; Manfred Fahle; Shimon Edelman
Synaptotagmin: A Calcium Sensor on the Synaptic Vesicle Surface, pp. 1021-1025
Nils Brose; Alexander G. Petrenko; Thomas C. Südhof; Reinhard Jahn
High-Frequency Network Oscillation in the Hippocampus, pp. 1025-1027
György Buzsáki; Zsolt Horváth; Ronald Urioste; Jamille Hetke; Kensall Wise
Acquisition of Myogenic Specificity by Replacement of Three Amino Acid Residues from MyoD into E12, pp. 1027-1030
Robert L. Davis; Harold Weintraub
A Site on Rod G Protein α Subunit That Mediates Effector Activation, pp. 1031-1033
Helen M. Rarick; Nikolai O. Artemyev; Heidi E. Hamm


Book Reviews
Rangings of the Mind, pp. 1034-1036
Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method.
Henry H. Bauer
Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect.
Lawrence B. Slobodkin
Review author[s]: David L. Goodstein
Technocultures, p. 1036
Strange Weather. Culture, Science, and Technology in the Age of Limits.
Andrew Ross
Review author[s]: Lee Clarke
Everyday Objects, pp. 1037-1038
The Portable Radio in American Life.
Michael Brian Schiffer
Review author[s]: George Wise
Genteel Enterprises, pp. 1038-1039
Science at Harvard University. Historical Perspectives.
Clark A. Elliott; Margaret W. Rossiter
Review author[s]: Philip J. Pauly
Hallmarks of Civilization, pp. 1039-1040
The Origins of Natural Science in America. The Essays of George Brown Goode.
George Brown Goode; Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
Review author[s]: William Stanton
Nobelists and Company, pp. 1040-1041
Nationalism and Internationalism in Science, 1880-1939. Four Studies of the Nobel Population.
Elisabeth Crawford
Review author[s]: Kathryn M. Olesko
The Widener-Wichita Divide, pp. 1041-1042
Schoolhouse Politics. Lessons From the Sputnik Era.
Peter B. Dow
Review author[s]: Herbert M. Kliebard
Absences From the White House, pp. 1042-1043
Cardinal Choices. Presidential Science Advising From the Atomic Bomb to SDI.
Gregg Herken
Review author[s]: Keith L. Nelson
Missile Defender, pp. 1043-1044
Teller's War. The Top-Secret Story Behind the Star Wars Deception.
William J. Broad
Review author[s]: G. Allen Greb
Lives of a Chemist, pp. 1044+1046-1047
Steroids Made it Possible.
Carl Djerassi
The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse.
Carl Djerassi
Review author[s]: Jerrold Meinwald
So-Called Quasicrystals, pp. 1047-1048
Quasicrystals. The State of the Art.
D. P. DiVincenzo; P. J. Steinhardt
Review author[s]: Marjorie Senechal
Planetary Reconnoiter, pp. 1048+1050
Uranus.
Jay T. Bergstralh; Ellis D. Miner; Mildred Shapley Matthews
Review author[s]: Bradford A. Smith
Buckyballs, p. 1050
Fullerenes. Synthesis, Properties, and Chemistry of Large Carbon Clusters.
George S. Hammond; Valerie J. Kuck
Review author[s]: George Olah
Immunological Reformulations, pp. 1050-1052
Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology. From Metaphor to Theory.
Alfred I. Tauber; Leon Chernyak
Review author[s]: Thomas Söderqvist; Craig Stillwell
Pioneers of Embryology, pp. 1052-1053
A Conceptual History of Modern Embryology.
Scott F. Gilbert
Review author[s]: Claudio D. Stern
Drosophila Unfolded, pp. 1053-1054
The Making of a Fly. The Genetics of Animal Design.
Peter A. Lawrence
Review author[s]: Kathryn Anderson
Reversal of Fate, pp. 1054-1055
Transdifferentiation. Flexibility in Cell Differentiation.
T. S. Okada
Review author[s]: Marianne Bronner-Fraser
Priorities for Plants, pp. 1055-1056
Genetics and Conservation of Rare Plants.
Donald A. Falk; Kent E. Holsinger
Review author[s]: Donald Waller
Big Questions in Ecology, pp. 1056-1057
The Balance of Nature? Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Communities.
Stuart L. Pimm
Review author[s]: Ted J. Case
Vertebrate Transitions, pp. 1057-1058
Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods. Controversy and Consensus.
Hans-Peter Schultze; Linda Trueb
Review author[s]: Hans-Dieter Sues
Themes in Ethology, pp. 1058-1059
The Tinbergen Legacy.
M. S. Dawkins; T. R. Halliday; R. Dawkins
Review author[s]: James L. Gould
Faraday at Home and Abroad, pp. 1059-1060
Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist. A Study of Science and Religion in the Nineteenth Century.
Geoffrey Cantor
Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics.
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday and the Royal Institution. (The Genius of Man and Place).
John Meurig Thomas
Curiosity Perfectly Satisfyed. Faraday's Travels in Europe, 1813-1815.
Brian Bowers; Lenore Symons; Frank A. J. L. James
The Correspondence of Michael Faraday. Vol. 1, 1811-December 1831, Letters 1-524.
Frank A. J. L. James
Review author[s]: Bruce J. Hunt
Facets of Huxley, p. 1061
Thomas Henry Huxley. Communicating for Science.
J. Vernon Jensen
Huxley at Work. With the Scientific Correspondence of T. H. Huxley and the Rev. Dr. George Gordon of Birnie, Near Elgin.
Michael Collie
Review author[s]: William Montgomery
Telling About the Maya, pp. 1062-1064
A Forest of Kings. The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya.
Linda Schele; David Freidel
Scribes, Warriors and Kings. The City of Copán and the Ancient Maya.
William L. Fash
Review author[s]: Stephen D. Houston
Uses of Sport, pp. 1064-1065
The Mesoamerican Ballgame.
Vernon L. Scarborough; David R. Wilcox
Review author[s]: Karl A. Taube
A Craft in Antiquity, pp. 1065-1066
Prehistoric Textiles. The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, with Special Reference to the Aegean
E. J. W. Barber
Review author[s]: Trudy S. Kawami
An Ethnography Completed, pp. 1066-1069
The Tlingit Indians.
George Thornton Emmons; Frederica de Laguna; Jean Low
Review author[s]: Richard L. Dauenhauer
Books Reviewed in Science 17 May 1991 Through 8 May 1992, pp. 1069-1071
Books Received, pp. 1071-1072


Back Matter (28 pp.)

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