November 1997
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; November 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; November 1997; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From The Editors; November 1997; by Rennie; 1 Page(s)

Prove It

Letters to the Editors; November 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; November 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

In Focus: Death in the Deep; November 1997; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

"Dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico challenges regulators

Girth of a Star; November 1997; by Mukerjee; 1 Page(s)

X-ray oscillations help to estimate a neutron star's radius

In Brief; November 1997; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)

Virus versus Virus; Gulf Worms; Exotic Mesons; Is the Black Death Back?; Totally Random; Guided Gene Therapy; Deadly Dinner Date; Polar Meltdown; Welcome to Mars

The Food Genome Project; November 1997; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)

Sequencing Bessie and her fodder

Anti Gravity: The Big Picture; November 1997; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

Picture a scientist.

A Real Dive; November 1997; by Zorpette; 2 Page(s)

The U.S. Navy's Experimental Diving Unit is a diver's heaven - and hell

Biological Noncontrol; November 1997; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

My enemy's enemy may be no friend

By the Numbers: Access to Safe Drinking Water; November 1997; by Doyle; 1 Page(s)

In 1848 and 1849 up to a million people in Russia and 150,000 in France died of cholera, the classic disease of contaminated water.

Profile: Mario Molina; November 1997; by Nemecek; 3 Page(s)

Rescuing the Ozone Layer

Plantibodies; November 1997; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)

Human antibodies produced by field crops enter clinical trials

From Chips To Cubes; November 1997; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)

Chemists make self-growing microcircuits

Oil In 4-D; November 1997; by Martineau; 3 Page(s)

Time-lapse software boosts oil recovery

"Please, No Double-Sticky Tape"; November 1997; by Holloway; 2 Page(s)

Death and destruction - with sportsmanship - in Robot Wars

Boom; November 1997; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)

Ever wonder what the inside of a nuclear bomb looks like a microsecond after it detonates?

Cyber View; November 1997; by Lewis; 1 Page(s)

We Don't Need No Regulation

Mercury: The Forgotten Planet; November 1997; by Nelson; 8 Page(s)

Although one of Earth's nearest neighbors, this strange world remains, for the most part, unknown

Fermat's Last Stand; November 1997; by Singh, Ribet; 6 Page(s)

His most notorious theorem baffled the greatest minds for more than three centuries. But after 10 years of work, one mathematician cracked it

Taking Nuclear Weapons off Hair-Trigger Alert; November 1997; by Blair, Feiveson, von Hippel; 8 Page(s)

It is time to end the practice of keeping nuclear missiles constantly ready to fire. This change would greatly reduce the possibility of a mistaken launch

The Parasitic Wasp's Secret Weapon; November 1997; by Beckage; 6 Page(s)

Parasitic wasps must develop inside living caterpillars. They survive this hostile environment by smuggling in a virus that suppresses their host's immune system

Fighting Computer Viruses; November 1997; by Kephart, Sorkin, Chess, White; 6 Page(s)

Biological metaphors offer insight into many aspects of computer viruses and can inspire defenses against them

Great Zimbabwe; November 1997; by Ndoro; 6 Page(s)

For centuries, this ancient Shona city stood at the hub of a vast trade network. The site has also been at the center of a bitter debate about African history and heritage

Making Rice Disease Resistant; November 1997; by Ronald; 6 Page(s)

For the first time, scientists have used genetic engineering to protect this essential crop from disease

The Amateur Scientist; November 1997; by Carlson; 3 Page(s)

Caught in a Wind Tunnel

Mathematical Recreations; November 1997; by Stewart; 4 Page(s)

The Lore and Lure of Dice

Reviews; November 1997; by Morrison, Powell, Zacks; 5 Page(s)

Reviews

Commentary: Wonders - In Praise of Fakes; November 1997; by Gingerich; 2 Page(s)

Several years ago I became curious about a 17th-century Persian astrolabe maker called Abd al A'imma the Younger.

Commentary: Connections - Health Blooms; November 1997; by Burke; 2 Page(s)

I'll risk a bet. You (like me) didn't know that the common lilac begins to flower when the sum of the squares of the mean daily temperatures (Celsius) since the end of the previous frost adds up to 4,264.

Working Knowledge; November 1997; by Musa; 1 Page(s)

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