Magazine
January-February 2001
January-February 2001
Volume: 89 Number: 1
Computer-enhanced light micrograph shows three of the chromosomes contained in the nucleus of a human cell. Advances in genetic research revolutionized biology over the past century and promise to dominate science and social debate in this one, a development not lost on book publishers and authors. In a special edition of Scientists' Bookshelf, reviewers look at 20 of the latest entries in the gene-book race. (Micrograph by Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library.)
In This Issue
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Communications
- Engineering
- Environment
- Ethics
- Evolution
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Physics
- Policy
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Technology
In Defense of Robert Andrews Millikan
David Goodstein
Anthropology Physics
The creator of the famous oil-drop experiment for measuring the electron's charge has been criticized for his treatment of students, women, Jews--and even data
Vertebrate Biology in Microgravity
Richard J. Wassersug
Biology Medicine
Basic questions about how complex organisms respond to spaceflight and microgravity can only be answered by long-term study
