2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS

DAPHNE VOM BAUR	ON THE COVER Artist Jack Perlmutter (CC '62) offers an interpretation of the next great age of exploration
GEORGE S. ROBINSON	EDITORIAL SPACE TREATIES: DOCUMENTS OF TRANSCENDENT PRINCIPLES? "The earth is the only home that any of us has—so far anyway."—Issac Asimov
JAMES STONE	SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AND BEYOND Exploring the Underlying Philosphical Constructs and Ideologies
WILLIAM WATTS	THE INTERPLAY OF CULTURES Whither the United States in the world
THOMAS L. HUGHES	GLOBAL CONTRADICTIONS AND AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
JANE WARREN LARSON	Y-12 AND THE ATOMIC BOMB Looking back at the early years
GORDON O.F. JOHNSON	THE AFRICAN CONUNDRUM What would God have us do?
DAVID M. BURNS	APPALACHIAN SEQUENCE From primeval wilderness to endemic poverty
ROGER K. LEWIS	WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE—SO LET'S ENJOY IT! A new initiative to develop waterfronts in Washington, DC
STEVEN VON ELTEN	THE BATTLE AGAINST ATHEROSCLEROSIS Heart disease is still mostly a behavioral modification problem
GREGORY B. BULKLEY	FREE RADICALS AND REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES The evolution of a scientific concept
ROBERT YUAN AND YUAN LIN	TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE Ancient practices offer a complementary approach to modern Western medicine
CAROLE LEWIS	THE SLOW FIX Aging gracefully means taking charge of your health
HIRAM LAREW	FOOLISH AS DAWN (POEM)
RONALD W. MANDERSCHEID	MENTAL HEALTH IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT New trends and directions in the care of persons with mental illness
JACK PERLMUTTER	ART IN THE 21st CENTURY Taking a telepathic leap forward to look back
	THE ARTISTS IN OUR MIDST
WILLIAM W. WARNER	THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND SCIENCE Just what in the Universe is the Smithsonian's role?
STANLEY DUTTON WILLIS	IT'S THE EARTH'S (POEM)
GAIL M. LEFTWICH	SCIENCE AND THE HUMANITIES Making a public case for meaningful connections between the two
S. FRED SINGER	TO THE MOONS OF MARS It's time for NASA to rally around a new manned mission
JAMES R. KATZER	US AND GLOBAL ENERGY PERSPECTIVES Oil and gas are likely to continue to provide much of our energy needs for the foreseeable future
THEODORE ROCKWELL	SOCRATES LOOKS AT NUCLEAR WASTE How good are the safeguards in the US nuclear power industry?
WALLACE EDWARD BRAND	DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND FUEL CELLS Coming soon, to a neighborhood near you?
ROBERT E. BARNETT	I KNEW NOT THE ANGUISH (POEM)
STUART N. BROTMAN	THE DIGITAL MANIFEST DESTINY Business has a role in guiding where the technology takes us
MURRAY COMAROW	THE DEMISE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE? A new round of reforms is essential
CYRIL MUROMCEW	A LONDON ADVENTURE Some purchases are worth every penny
DALE TIMOTHY WHITE	BUFFALO BILL CODY The bucksin roots of American myth
HAVILAND FERRIS	HERE ALFRED BEAT THE DANES, WE THINK (POEM)

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