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From: rik@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: TOC, Scientific American 252(1) January 1985.
Message-ID: <2869@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 22:07:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 22:07:56 1984
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%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.