1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS



WALTER G. BERL EDITORIAL
 
OVERVIEWS
JESSE H. AUSUBEL REASONS TO WORRY ABOUT THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
LESTER R. BROWN VITAL SIGNS: NEW RECORDS, NEW STRESSES
PHILIP H. ABELSON IMPACTS ON US TECHNOLOGY IN A CHANGING WORLD
 
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/EXPLORATION
NORMAN J. ROSENBERG
CHESTER L. COOPER
LIKELY IMPACTS OF A LIKELY GLOBAL WARMING
SIR ROBERT MAY, FRS A NOTE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
JAMES HARFORD KOROLEV, MASTERMIND OF THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM
WILLIS H. SHAPLEY HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT: WHY AND WHITHER?
LEE LOEVINGER EVOLUTION ELSEWHERE: A SCIENTIFIC SPECULATION
 
HUMANITIES
JACOB A. STEIN TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD AND THE LAW
RONALD GOLDFARB THE “TRIAL OF THE CENTURY”
STEVEN MULLER THE ROLE OF THE MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
PAUL H. NITZE REFLECTIONS ON THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
DANIEL B. KRINSLEY AN UNEXPECTED RENDEZVOUS AT THE COSMOS CLUB ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE
STANLEY D. WILLIS POEMS
 
COSMOS CLUB AFFAIRS
VOLKMAR K. WENTZEL GILBERT HOVEY GROSVENOR, FATHER OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
LUTHER J. CARTER
WALTER G. BERL
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN H. GIBBONS
EDWARD O. WILSON THOUGHTS ON BIODIVERSITY
WALTER G. BERL AN EDITOR’S BOUQUET: SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF CARYL P. HASKINS
CARYL P. HASKINS SELECTED WRITINGS
WALTER G. BERL 'BRIEFLY NOTED' BOOKS
VOLKMAR K. WENTZEL WASHINGTON BY NIGHT


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