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Jerry T. Nepom
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Anti-Cancer Drug Awaits FDA Test
Next time you eat an apricot, take a good look at the pit. This seed, along with seeds of many
Chance & Necessity
Philosophy, according to Jacques Monod, is fiction. Science is reality. An analysis of life--or the meanings of life--therefore is fundamentally
How (Not) to Build a Science Center
It's a testament to the past, a monument to the future. As for the present, well, it's a mess. The
Marijuana Turning On
THERE'S finally a book about dope that you can unreservedly recommend to your parents. For that matter, Marihuana Reconsidered should
Oh Calley, Poor Calley
Observationsl: FREE CALLEY reads the bumper sticker (next to another reading "Don't Forget the POW's"). After all, war is war
Lethal in Large Doses Five Patients: The Hospital Explained
231 pp., $5.95. HOW COULD the author of The Andromeda Strain and Dealing write something like Five Patients? After all,
The Effects of Herbicide Use in Vietnam
(This is the second of a two-part feature. Part one appeared yesterday.) WHAT has been the impact of massive infusion
Herbicides in Vietnam
( This is the first in a two-part feature, Part two. "The Effects of Herbicide Use in Vietnam," will appear
I.F. Stone Says Military Undertow Is Dragging U.S. Into Deeper War
"I feel like I should be breaking windows," I. F. Stone admitted to a Harvard audience yesterday. "What I really
Men and Institutions The People us. Presidential War
THE INVASION of Laos points up two important shifts in the conduct of the war, one military and the other
War Stories Shooting 'Em Up in 'Nam
1970, 480 pp. $7.95. "BRINGING the war home" is more than a rallying slogan for street-fighting and anti-war actions. The
Man-Powered Airplane Designed
Leonardo DaVinci designed plans for a man-powered aircraft that never got off the ground. Now, nearly 500 years later and
The Molecular Basis of Life
MOST public interest in basic science research falls on individual experiments and the men who perform them. In the last
Books Violence and the Brain
170 pages, $6.95. JUDGING by present high levels of violent crime, this nation is sick. Conservative political candidates offer their
Profile Dean Epps
TWO TOPICS, an emphasis on rigorous academic study and an involvement with the world in ways consistent with scholarly standards,