Description: Title: Discover Date: March, 1998 Pagination: 120pp plus covers Condition: Very good; some scuffing and dinginess of covers from storage; interior clean and complete [OCR is approximate, as always] COVER STORY 84 The Incredible Shrinking Finger Facto BY WILL HIVELY Take a pile of parts the size of dust specks and assemble thi into a complex, moving machine. Tedious but possible, right? Okay, now mass-produce it. Oops... EEATURES 94 Empires in the Dust BY KAREN WRIGHT Around 2200 B.C. several mighty Old World civilizations collapsed. Was nature the culprit? 100 Coils of Time BY PETER D. WARD In the evolutionary history of the beautiful and bizarre nautilus lies an epic tale of cataclysm and survival. 108 Malarial Dreams BY GARY TAUBES Can medical researchers stop a disease thats killed half the people who have ever lived? The good news is, maybe. PERSONAL TECH 74 Hot Seat BY MARY ROACH Though experience may suggest otherwise, there is an art and high technology behind the airline seat you squirm in. COMMENTARY 78 Oppressed by Evolution BY MATT CARTMILL In Darwinian teachings, the fundamentalist right and the academic left have finally found a common enemy. 14 Breakthroughs How to launch a vampire; eye surgeon of Iron Age Celts; a wee drammie of a strange element; a new way for stars to die; towering tufa of Ikka Copyright 1998 Disney 108 NEW S Fjord; red lightning on Jupiter, blue ice on its moon; depths of the San Andreas; seeing through walls; dolphin fashions; dreams of a platypus; greenhouse on the Red Planet; and more. 28 Archeology Watch A new clock from the old Bishops Palace. 29 Space Watch Lively Titan, A.D. 6,000,000,000. N T Discover THE WORLD OF SCIENCE COVER STORY 84 The Incredible Shrinking Finger Facto BY WILL HIVELY Take a pile of parts the size of dust specks and assemble thi into a complex, moving machine. Tedious but possible, right? Okay, now mass-produce it. Oops... EEATURES 94 Empires in the Dust BY KAREN WRIGHT Around 2200 B.C. several mighty Old World civilizations collapsed. Was nature the culprit? 100 Coils of Time BY PETER D. WARD In the evolutionary history of the beautiful and bizarre nautilus lies an epic tale of cataclysm and survival. 108 Malarial Dreams BY GARY TAUBES Can medical researchers stop a disease thats killed half the people who have ever lived? The good news is, maybe. PERSONAL TECH 74 Hot Seat BY MARY ROACH Though experience may suggest otherwise, there is an art and high technology behind the airline seat you squirm in. COMMENTARY 78 Oppressed by Evolution BY MATT CARTMILL In Darwinian teachings, the fundamentalist right and the academic left have finally found a common enemy. EPARTMEN 8 From the Editor 10 Action & Reaction 12 Contributors 30 Vital Signs By Stewart Massad To fight, then to comfort. 34 Night Watchman By Bob Berman March hares and meteors. 36 Light Elements By Mark Wheeler Hooked on parasites. 117 Book Review By Robert Kunzig The end of fishing. 119 Further Reading 120 Brain Bogglers By Clifford A. Pickover Stretches of pain. Take a close look at the auction images for details of contents and condition. If you have any questions at all please send a message through eBay before bidding. NOTE: There may be more images in this listing than eBay shows in the top "gallery". Be sure to scroll down to view the full set, if so. Be sure to check our eBay Store for thousands of other listings like this one. Orders will be sent out within three business days of receipt of payment. If youre in a hurry and would like expedited shipping (Priority or Express shipping), please let us know before paying so we can adjust your invoice. Books are sent Media Rate within the US, and other small items are sent Parcel by default. If you would like combined shipping, please (1) contact us to let us know, and then (2) wait to pay until youre finished shopping (but try to keep it within a 4 day period, please). Just leave the items in your eBay Cart and then request an updated invoice after youre done. If you pay for an item, we are obliged to ship it to you, and cannot combine it with subsequent purchases. If youre waiting for a separate auction item to finish, please contact us to let us know. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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Language: English
Topic: Science
Publisher: Discover
Genre: Science
Publication Year: 1998
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