Magazine
November-December 2000
November-December 2000
Volume: 88 Number: 6
Sunset marks the beginning of an evening's observing session for the 2.1-meter Struve Telescope at the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas. The Struve is part of a global network of modest-aperture instruments that make up the Whole Earth Telescope collaboration, which studies the remnants of Sun-like stars, known as white dwarfs. In "White Dwarf Stars," Steven Kawaler and Michael Dahlstrom discuss what astronomers have learned about the structure and internal composition of these stellar remnants through the new field of stellar seismology. (Photograph courtesy of McDonald Observatory/Martin Harris.)
In This Issue
- Agriculture
- Art
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Communications
- Computer
- Economics
- Engineering
- Environment
- Evolution
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Policy
- Psychology
- Technology
Scientific Publication Trends and the Developing World
Mercedes Maqueda, Eva Valdivia, Antonio Galvez
Communications
What can the volume and authorship of scientific articles tell us about scientific progress in various regions?
Gene Chips and Functional Genomics
Hisham Hamadeh, Cynthia Afshari
Biology Environment Technology
A new technology will allow environmental health scientists to track the expression of thousands of genes in a single, fast and easy test
White Dwarf Stars
Steven Daniel Kawaler, Michael Dahlstrom
Astronomy
The remnants of Sun-like stars, white dwarfs offer clues to the identity of dark matter and the age of our Galaxy
The Case of Agent Gorbachev
Kristie Macrakis
Anthropology Engineering Technology
East Germany acquired technology the old-fashioned way: by stealing it. But did it do their industrial enterprise any good?
Scientists' Nightstand
Symmetries Obeyed and Broken
Peter Pesic
Art Physics Review Scientists Nightstand
A review of Lucifer's Legacy: The Meaning of Asymmetry, by Frank Close and Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror, by Gordon Fraser.