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May-June 2007 Volume 95, Number 3

The brilliant colors of the Cargill salt ponds fringing San Francisco ...

FEATURE ARTICLES

Liquid-Mirror Telescopes

Paul Hickson

An old idea for astronomical imaging is undergoing a technology-driven renaissance

Extreme Microbes *

Shiladitya DasSarma

Salt-loving microorganisms are helping biologists understand the unifying features of life and molecular secrets of survival under extreme conditions

Soot: Giver and Taker of Light *

Christopher Shaddix, Timothy Williams

The complex structure of soot greatly influences the optical effects seen in fires

The Uniqueness of Human Recursive Thinking *

Michael Corballis

The ability to think about thinking may be the critical attribute that distinguishes us from all other species

The Most Dangerous Equation *

Howard Wainer

Ignorance of how sample size affects statistical variation has created havoc for nearly a millennium

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SCIENTISTS’ BOOKSHELF

A review of The Emergence of Numerical Weather Prediction: Richardson's Dream, by Peter Lynch. In the course of telling the story of a weather forecast from 80 years ago that was utterly wrong, Lynch provides an insider's guide to how weather prediction works

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