Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!rik From: rik@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.mag Subject: TOC, Scientific American 252(1) January 1985. Message-ID: <2869@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 22:07:56 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2869 Posted: Tue Dec 18 22:07:56 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 00:45:09 EST Reply-To: rik@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rik Verstraete) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 85 %A A.B. Carter %T The Command and Control of Nuclear War %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 32-39 %Z Deterrence and the prevention of escalation depend on this neglected facet of strategic planning. %A A.P. Boss %T Collapse and Formation of Stars %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 40-45 %Z Computer modeling penetrates the clouds of matter that conceal stellar birth and early evolution. %A P.D. Eimas %T The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 46-52 %Z Infants appear to be born with cerebral structures that enable them to recognize basic speech sounds. %A R.J. Wurtman %T Alzheimer's Disease %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 62-74 %Z What causes this invariably progressive and fatal dementia? Investigators pursue six lines of inquiry. %A W. Greiner %A H. Stocker %T Hot Nuclear Matter %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 76-87 %Z When heavy nuclei collide at high speeds, density and temperature rise, producing exotic conditions. %A R.J. McEliece %T The Reliability of Computer Memories %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 88-95 %Z A simple algorithm protects large memories from chip failures that would render a machine useless. %A J.M. Gosline %A M.E. DeMont %T Jet-Propelled Swimming in Squids %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 96-103 %Z It enables these muscular mollusks to match for short distances the high speeds of vertebrate fishes. %A V. Foley %A G. Palmer %A W. Soedel %T The Crossbow %J Scientific American %V 252 %N 1 %D January 1985 %P 104-110 %Z A triumph of empirical engineering, it prevailed for 500 years, until reliable firearmes displaced it.