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Subject: TOC, Scientific American Vol. 253 No. 2 (August 1985)
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 20:43:29 EDT
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%A William Epstein
%T A Critical Time for Nuclear Nonproliferation
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 33-39
%Z The continuing arms buildup puts the treaty's future in doubt as the
signatories meet in Geneva.

%A Stephen W. Carmichael
%A Hans Winkler
%T The Adrenal Chromaffin Cell
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 40-49
%Z The cell secretes a mixture of chemical messengers that mediate the
"fight or flight" response.

%A Gerd Binnig
%A Heinrich Rohrer
%T The Scanning Tunneling Microscope
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 50-56
%Z It can resolve surface features on a silicon chip that are only a
hundredth as large as an atom.

%A Timothy H. Boyer
%T The Classical Vacuum
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 70-78
%Z Even a theoretically attainable void contains a distinctive pattern
of electromagnetic radiation.

%A Eric Buffetaut
%A Rucha Ingavat
%T The Mesozoic Vertebrates of Thailand
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 80-87
%Z A 100-million-year continuous fossil record helps to clarify the
plate-tectonic history of the region.

%A Frederich D. Seward
%A Paul Gorenstein
%A Wallace H. Tucker
%T Young Supernova Remnants
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 88-96
%Z The explosion of stars long ago is studied by observing their debris.

%A Uwe Radok
%T The Antarctic Ice
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 98-105
%Z A six-nation research effort reveals the topography and climatic
history of the frozen continent.

%A Joel G. Kingsolver
%T Butterfly Engineering
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 2
%D August 1985
%P 106-113
%Z Mechanisms of feeding, flying and basking in the sun are analyzed as
if the insect were a machine.