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ANNUAL INDEX Volume 33: 1997. No. /, January/February, pp. 1-32; No. 2, March, pp. 33-64; No. 3, April, pp. 65-96; No. 4, May, pp. 97-128; No. 5, June/July, pp. 129-160; No. 6, August/September, pp. 161-192; No. 7, October, pp. 193-224; No. 8, November, pp. 225-256; No. 9, December, pp. 257-296. ASME International History and Heritage Berquist, Paul and Shirley: Committee: Saguaro Cactus, 243 Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering, 108 Berzsenyi, George, and Stephen B. Maurer: Aaseng, Nathan, and Jay Aaseng: Ausubel, Jesse H., and H. Dale Langford: The Contest Problem Book V: American High Head Injuries, 13 Technological Trajectories and the Human School Mathematics Examinations, 268 Aaseng, Nathan: Environment, 228 Blackburn, Ken, and Jeff Lammers: Meat-Eating Plants, 18 Baars, Bernard J.: Kids’ Paper Airplane Book, 53 Adler, David A.: In the Theater of Consciousness: The Blackmore, Susan: A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison, 21 Workspace of the Mind, 164 In Search of the Light: The Adventures of a Alberts, Bruce: Bahcall, John N., and Jeremiah P. Ostriker: Parapsychologist, 36 Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics, 199 Bloomfield, Louis A.: the Molecular Biology of the Cell, 263 Bailey, Jill: How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Alberty, Robert A., and Robert J. Silbey: How Fish Swim, 112 Life, 45 Physical Chemistry, 2nd ed., 7 How Spiders Make Their Webs, 112 Blum, Deborah, and Mary Knudson: Alvarez, Walter: Ballantine, Richard: A Field Guide for Science Writers, 228 T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, 199 The Sawtooth Wolves, 45 Boas, Ralph P., Jr., and revised by Harold Ambegaokar, Vinay: Ballard, Carol: P. Boas: Reasoning about Luck: Probability and Its The Heart and Circulatory System, 180 A Primer of Real Functions, 4th ed., 167 Uses in Physics, 71 The Stomach and Digestive System, 180 Bocking, Stephen: Ambrose, Susan A.: Bancroft, Henrietta, and Richard G. Van Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A Journeys of Women in Science and Engi- Gelder: History of Contemporary Ecology, 231 neering: No Universal Constants, 239 Animals in Winter, 112 Bonvillain, Nancy: Anderson, Walter Truett: Barnes-Svarney, Patricia: Native American Medicine, 277 Evolution Isn’t What It Used to Be: The Asteroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier?, 77 Booth, Nicholas: Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired Barron, Eric J.: Exploring the Solar System, 106 World, 79 Climatic Variation in Earth History, 42 Bortz, Alfred B.: Apple, Rima D.: Barsky, Robert F.: To the Young Scientist: Reflections on Do- Vitamania: Vitamins in American Culture, 74 Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent, 170 ing and Living Science, 138 Armbruster, Ann: Bass, Scott A., Robert Morris, and Masato Bowen, Andy Russell: Floods, 143 Oka: A Head Full of Notions: A Story about Rob- Arney, David C..: Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in ert Fulton, 146 Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects Japan, 133 Brennan, Richard P.: (ILAPs), 198 Basso, Michael J.: Heisenberg Probably Slept Here: The Lives, Arnold, Michael L.: The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexual- Times, and Ideas of the Great Physicists Natural Hybridization and Evolution, 200 ity, 270 of the 20th Century, 137 Arnold, Nick: Bentley, Joan: Brill, Marlene Targ: Volcano, Earthquake, and Hurricane, 208 Simple Science Experiments, 141 Women for Peace, 172 Aronson, Billy: Benyus, Janine M.: Brimner, Larry Dane: Eclipses: Nature’s Blackouts, 83 Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Na- E-Mail, 272 Meteors: The Truth Behind Shooting Stars, 83 ture, 232 Polar Mammals, 178 The World Wide Web, 272 Aronson, Jodi: Berger, Melvin: Inside Managed Care: Family Therapy in a Amazing Water, 84 Brooks, David W.: Changing Environment, 103 The Human Body, 141 Web-Teaching: A Guide to Designing Interac- The Mighty Ocean, 16 tive Teaching for the World Wide Web, 260 Arrieta, R. T.: From the Atacama to Makalu: A Journey to Berkman, Robert L.: Brown, Joseph: Extreme Environments on Earth and Be- Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Infor- Lure of the Sea: Writings and Photographs, 14 yond, 263 mation on Any Subject, 4th ed., 267 Brown, Lester R.: Asch, Frank: Berkow, Robert, Mark H. Beers, and An- Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Sawgrass Poems: A View of the Everglades, 20 drew J. Fletcher: Scarcity, 6 Ashabranner, Brent: The Merck Manual of Medical Information, State of the World 1997: A Worldwatch In- Home Edition, 264 stitute Report on Progress Toward a Sus- A Strange and Distant Shore: Indians of the tainable Society, 101 Great Plains in Exile, 21 286 Science Books & Films « December 1997 ANNUAL INDEX Volume 33: 1997. No. /, January/February, pp. 1-32; No. 2, March, pp. 33-64; No. 3, April, pp. 65-96; No. 4, May, pp. 97-128; No. 5, June/July, pp. 129-160; No. 6, August/September, pp. 161-192; No. 7, October, pp. 193-224; No. 8, November, pp. 225-256; No. 9, December, pp. 257-296. ASME International History and Heritage Berquist, Paul and Shirley: Committee: Saguaro Cactus, 243 Landmarks in Mechanical Engineering, 108 Berzsenyi, George, and Stephen B. Maurer: Aaseng, Nathan, and Jay Aaseng: Ausubel, Jesse H., and H. Dale Langford: The Contest Problem Book V: American High Head Injuries, 13 Technological Trajectories and the Human School Mathematics Examinations, 268 Aaseng, Nathan: Environment, 228 Blackburn, Ken, and Jeff Lammers: Meat-Eating Plants, 18 Baars, Bernard J.: Kids’ Paper Airplane Book, 53 Adler, David A.: In the Theater of Consciousness: The Blackmore, Susan: A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison, 21 Workspace of the Mind, 164 In Search of the Light: The Adventures of a Alberts, Bruce: Bahcall, John N., and Jeremiah P. Ostriker: Parapsychologist, 36 Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics, 199 Bloomfield, Louis A.: the Molecular Biology of the Cell, 263 Bailey, Jill: How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Alberty, Robert A., and Robert J. Silbey: How Fish Swim, 112 Life, 45 Physical Chemistry, 2nd ed., 7 How Spiders Make Their Webs, 112 Blum, Deborah, and Mary Knudson: Alvarez, Walter: Ballantine, Richard: A Field Guide for Science Writers, 228 T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, 199 The Sawtooth Wolves, 45 Boas, Ralph P., Jr., and revised by Harold Ambegaokar, Vinay: Ballard, Carol: P. Boas: Reasoning about Luck: Probability and Its The Heart and Circulatory System, 180 A Primer of Real Functions, 4th ed., 167 Uses in Physics, 71 The Stomach and Digestive System, 180 Bocking, Stephen: Ambrose, Susan A.: Bancroft, Henrietta, and Richard G. Van Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A Journeys of Women in Science and Engi- Gelder: History of Contemporary Ecology, 231 neering: No Universal Constants, 239 Animals in Winter, 112 Bonvillain, Nancy: Anderson, Walter Truett: Barnes-Svarney, Patricia: Native American Medicine, 277 Evolution Isn’t What It Used to Be: The Asteroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier?, 77 Booth, Nicholas: Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired Barron, Eric J.: Exploring the Solar System, 106 World, 79 Climatic Variation in Earth History, 42 Bortz, Alfred B.: Apple, Rima D.: Barsky, Robert F.: To the Young Scientist: Reflections on Do- Vitamania: Vitamins in American Culture, 74 Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent, 170 ing and Living Science, 138 Armbruster, Ann: Bass, Scott A., Robert Morris, and Masato Bowen, Andy Russell: Floods, 143 Oka: A Head Full of Notions: A Story about Rob- Arney, David C..: Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in ert Fulton, 146 Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects Japan, 133 Brennan, Richard P.: (ILAPs), 198 Basso, Michael J.: Heisenberg Probably Slept Here: The Lives, Arnold, Michael L.: The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexual- Times, and Ideas of the Great Physicists Natural Hybridization and Evolution, 200 ity, 270 of the 20th Century, 137 Arnold, Nick: Bentley, Joan: Brill, Marlene Targ: Volcano, Earthquake, and Hurricane, 208 Simple Science Experiments, 141 Women for Peace, 172 Aronson, Billy: Benyus, Janine M.: Brimner, Larry Dane: Eclipses: Nature’s Blackouts, 83 Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Na- E-Mail, 272 Meteors: The Truth Behind Shooting Stars, 83 ture, 232 Polar Mammals, 178 The World Wide Web, 272 Aronson, Jodi: Berger, Melvin: Inside Managed Care: Family Therapy in a Amazing Water, 84 Brooks, David W.: Changing Environment, 103 The Human Body, 141 Web-Teaching: A Guide to Designing Interac- The Mighty Ocean, 16 tive Teaching for the World Wide Web, 260 Arrieta, R. T.: From the Atacama to Makalu: A Journey to Berkman, Robert L.: Brown, Joseph: Extreme Environments on Earth and Be- Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Infor- Lure of the Sea: Writings and Photographs, 14 yond, 263 mation on Any Subject, 4th ed., 267 Brown, Lester R.: Asch, Frank: Berkow, Robert, Mark H. Beers, and An- Tough Choices: Facing the Challenge of Food Sawgrass Poems: A View of the Everglades, 20 drew J. Fletcher: Scarcity, 6 Ashabranner, Brent: The Merck Manual of Medical Information, State of the World 1997: A Worldwatch In- Home Edition, 264 stitute Report on Progress Toward a Sus- A Strange and Distant Shore: Indians of the tainable Society, 101 Great Plains in Exile, 21 286 Science Books & Films « December 1997 Brown, Robert A.: Challoner, Jack: Conti-Fine, Bianca M.: Endeavour Views the Earth: Astronauts’ Pho- Big and Small, 16 Myasthenia Gravis: The Immunobiology of tographs from Space Shuttle Mission Floating and Sinking, 16 an Autoimmune Disease, 169 STS-47, 48 Hot and Cold, 16 Cooney, Helen: Wet and Dry, 16 Bruce, Colin: Underwater Animals, 145 The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson’s Cat and Cheney, Glenn: Cooper, Ann: Other Science Mysteries Solved by They Never Knew: The Victims of Nuclear Above the Treeline, 18 Sherlock Holmes, 271 Testing, 37 In the Forest, 18 Brumbaugh, Douglas K.: Chevallier, Andrew: Cooper, Geoffrey M.: Teaching Secondary Mathematics, 198 The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants, 74 The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 134 Brush, Stephen G.: Childress, James F.: Courmel, Katie: Fruitful Encounters: The Origin of the Solar Practical Reasoning in Bioethics, 196 A Companion Volume to Dr. Jay A. System and of the Moon from Chamberlin Chinery, Michael: Goldstein’s Betrayal by the Brain: A Guide to Apollo, 38 How Bees Make Honey, 112 for Patients and Their Physicians, 103 Nebulous Earth: The Origin of the Solar System and the Core of the Earth from Christian, Spencer, and Antonia Felix: Cox, Kevin R.: Laplace to Jeffreys, 38 Can It Really Rain Frogs? The World's Spaces of Globalization: Reasserting the Strangest Weather Events, 273 Power of the Local, 197 Buchberg, Wendy: Shake, Rattle, and Roll: The World's Most Quilting Activities Across the Curriculum, 141 Craig, Claire: Amazing Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Animal Babies, 18 Burke, James: Other Forces, 273 Incredible Creatures, 145 The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carboretor Possible— Christianson, Gale E..: Creagh, Carson: Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution, 14 and Other Journeys Through Knowedge, 55 Things with Wings, 19 Clark, Andy: Burt, James E., and Gerald M. Barber: Cromer, Alan: Being There: Putting Brain, Body, and World Elementary Statistics for Geographers, 2nd Connected Knowledge: Science, Philosophy, Together Again, 36 ed., 10 and Education, 197 Clark, Tim W.: Butterfield, Moira: Crowe, Elizabeth Powell: Averting Extinction: Reconstructing Endan- Big, Rough, and Wrinkly, 144 Genealogy Online: Researching Your Roots, Brown, Fierce, and Furry, 144 gered Species Recovery, 261 2nd ed., 11 Clawson, Calvin C.: Byers, E. Sandra, and Lucia F. O'Sullivan: Cutler, Neal R., and John J. Sramek: Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Sexual Coercion in Dating Relationships, 7 Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease, 104 Magic of Numbers, 37 Caldwell, J. Paul: D’Amico, Joan, and Karen Eich Clifford, Nick: Sleep: The Complete Guide to Sleep Disor- Drummond: Incredible Earth, 84 ders and a Better Night's Sleep, 232 The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities and Cochrane, Kerry: Recipes for Kids, 177 Calvin, William H.: Researching Colleges on the World Wide The Cerebral Code: Thinking a Thought in Web, 268 Daley, Michael J.: the Mosaics of the Mind, 40 Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?, 267 How Brains Think: Evolving Intelligence, Cohen, Rosetta Marantz, and Samuel Danesi, Marcel: Then and Now, 5 Scheer: Increase Your Puzzle IQ: Tips and Tricks for The Work of Teachers in America: A Social Campbell, Ann-Jeanette, and Ronald Building Your Logic Power, 234 History Through Stories, 262 Rood: Darling, Kathy: The New York Public Library Incredible Cole, Henry: Arctic Babies, 51 Earth: A Book of Answers for Kids, 48 Jack’s Garden, 180 Rain Forest Babies, 51 Campbell, Ann-Jeanette: Cole, Jim, and James W. Williams: Davis, Wendy: The New York Public Library Amazing Serials Management in the Electronic Era: From Metal to Music, 244 Space: A Book of Answers for Kids, 177 Papers in Honor of Peter Gellatly, Found- ing Editor of The Serials Librarian, 196 Dawson, Mildred Leinweber: Campbell, James B.: Beauty Lab: How Science Is Changing the Introduction to Remote Sensing, 2nd ed., 41 Cole, Leonard A..: Way We Look, 175 The Eleventh Plague: The Politics of Bio- Carlson, David: logical and Chemical Warfare, 37 Debenedetti, Pablo G.: Resources for Teaching Linear Algebra, 230 Metastable Liquids: Concepts and Prin- Cole, Ron: Carrow, Robert: ciples, 231 Bats!, 144 Put a Fan in Your Hat! Inventions, Contrap- Remarkable Rocks, 84 Deetz, James: tions, and Gadgets Kids Can Build, 206 In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology Turn on the Lights from Bed! Electronic Coleman, Gordon J., and David Dewar: of Early American Life, revised ed., 47 Inventions, Contraptions, and Gadgets The Addison-Wesley Science Handbook, 173 Dewdney, A. K.: Kids Can Build, 107 Collard, Sneed B., III: Yes, We Have No Neutrons: An Eye-Open- Castaldo, Nancy Fusco: Alien Invaders: The Continuing Threat of ing Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Sunny Days and Starry Nights, 15 Exotic Species, 12 Bad Science, 235 Casti, John L., and Anders Karlqvist: Cone, Patrick: Dingus, Lowell, and Mark A. Norell: Boundaries and Barriers: On the Limits to Wildfire, 17 Searching for Velociraptor, 17 Scientific Knowledge, 167 Conniff, Richard: Dobson, David: Cerullo, Mary M.: Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Can We Save Them? Endangered Species of The Octopus: Phantom of the Sea, 275 Invertebrate World, 73 North America, 145 Science Books & Films « December 1997 Dolan, Edward F.: Greatest Archaeological Discoveries, 105 Garner, Charles M.: Our Poisoned Waters, 172 Techniques and Experiments for Advanced Fagette, Paul: Organic Laboratory, 263 Dolcini, Donatella, and Francesco Digging for Dollars: American Archaeology Montessoro: and the New Deal, 11 Gazzaniga, Michael S.: India in the Islamic Era and Southeast Asia Farber, Paul Lawrence: Conversations in the Cognitive Neuro- (8th to 19th Century), 81 sciences, 132 Discovering Birds: The Emergence of Orni- Dorling Kindersley: . thology as a Scientific Discipline, 1760- Gelbspan, Ross: The Angler's Guide to Fish, 201 1850, 264 The Heat Is On: The High Stakes Battle over Bulbs, 206 Earth’s Threatened Climate, 165 Farris, Katherine: Rock Garden Plants, 206 You Asked? Over 300 Great Questions and Gentle, Victor: The Ultimate Book of Cross-Sections, 80 Astounding Answers, 15 Bladderworts: Trapdoors to Oblivion, 111 Driskeil, James E., and Eduardo Salas: Butterworts: Greasy Cups of Death, 111 Feduccia, Alan: Stress and Human Performance, 5 Carnivorous Mushrooms: Lassoing Their The Origin and Evolution of Birds, 8 Prey?, 111 Drlica, Karl: Feldman, Robert S., Jerrold S. Meyer, and Pitcher Plants: Slippery Pits of No Escape, 111 Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning: A Linda F. Quenzer: Sundews: A Sweet and Sticky Death, 111 Guide for the Curious, 3rd ed., 39 Principles of Neuropsychopharmacology, 135 Venus Flytraps and Waterwheels: Spring Dudley, Karen: Fenwick, Elizabeth: Traps of the Plant World, 112 Giant Pandas, 209 Childbirth, 80 Gentry, Alwyn H.: Wolves, 209 Healthy Pregnancy, 80 A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Duke, Kate: Ferber, Elizabeth: Woody Plants of Northwest South Archaeologists Dig for Clues, 146 Diabetes, 86 America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), 8 Duncan, Alistair: Ferguson, Kitty: George, Jean Craighead: Laws and Order in Eighteenth-Century Chem- Prisons of Light: Black Holes, 102 Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary, 245 istry, 168 Ferrell, Nancy Warren: Gillette, J. Lynette: . Dunham, William: The Battle of the Little Bighorn in American Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabeti- History, 21 Coelophysis, 243 cal Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities, 173 Feynman, Richard P.: Gillies, Donald: Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein’s Relativ- Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Duvall, Jill D.: ity, Symmetry, and Space-Time, 231 Method, 171 Who Keeps the Water Clean? Ms. Schindler!, 212 Finocchiaro, Maurice A.: Gingras, Pierre: Galileo on the World Systems: A New The Secret Lives of Birds, 205 Dyson, Freeman: Abridged Translation and Guide, 269 Gjersvik, Marianne Haug: Imagined Worlds, 267 Fisher, Teresa: Green Fun: Plants as Play, 242 Easton, Thomas A..: France, 180 Glaser, Linda: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controver- sial Issues in Science, Technology, and Fitzgerald, Karen: Compost! Growing Gardens from Your Gar- Society, 2nd ed., 42 The Story of Iron, 208 bage, 53 The Story of Nitrogen, 208 Glass, Don: Egan, Robert: From Wheat to Pasta, 244 Fowler, Allan: How Can You Tell if a Spider Is Dead? And It Could Still Be a Desert, 241 More Moments of Science, 44 Eisikovits, Rivka A.: It Could Still Be Coral, 143 Goldschmidt, Tijs: The Anthropology of Child and Youth Care Life in a Tidepool, 143 Darwin’s Dreampond: Drama in Lake Work, 165 They Could Still Be Mountains, 241 Victoria, 174 Elias, Maurice J., and Steven E. Tobias: The Top and Bottom of the World, 277 Goldsmith, Donald: Social Problem Solving: Interventions in the Fowler, T. Kenneth: Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Schools, 5 The Fusion Quest, 199 Extrasolar Planets, 204 Ennis, Christine A., and Nancy H. Marcus: Freeman, Marcia: Goldstein, Jay A.: Biological Consequences of Global Climate Push and Pull, 273 Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis Change, 42 Frobrich, P., and R. Lipperheide: of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Ernst, Carl H., and George R. Zug: Theory of Nuclear Reactions, 71 Fibromyalgia Syndrome, and Related Snakes in Question: The Smithsonian An- Neural Network Disorders, 104 swer Book, 139 Galison, Peter, and David J. Stump: The Disunity of Science: Boundaries, Con- Gopnik, Alison, and Andrew N. Meltzoff: Evans, Arthur V., and Charles L. Bellamy: texts, and Power, 70 Words, Thoughts, and Theories, 100 An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, 103 Gallagher, William B.: Gordon, David George: Evans, Colin: When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey, 270 The Compleat Cockroach: A Comprehensive The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Guide to the Most Despised (and Least Science Solved 100 of the World’s Most Gan, Geraldine: Understood) Creature on Earth, 46 Baffling Crimes, 13 Communication, 268 Gosden, Roger: Facklam, Howard: Gardner, Martin: Cheating Time: Science, Sex, and Aging, 108 Alternative Medicine: Cures or Myths?, 13 Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers...and the Return of Dr. Matrix, revised ed., 237 Gottfried, Ted: Fagan, Brian M.: Alan Turing: The Architect of the Computer The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 81 Gardner, Robert: Age, 140 Eyewitness to Discovery: First-Person Ac- Science Project Ideas about Rain, 241 counts of More Than Fifty of the World's Where on Earth Am I?, 78 288 Science Books & Films * December 1997 Goudsmit, Jaap: Halliday, David, Robert Resnicka,nd Jear! Hodge, Deborah: Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS, 238 Walker: Wild Cats: Cougars, Bobcats and Lynx, 275 Gough, Barry M.: Fundamentals of Physics, Sth ed., 7 Wild Dogs: Wolves, Coyotes and Foxes, 275 First Across the Continent: Sir Alexander Halpern, Paul: Holton, Gerald: MacKenzie, 266 The Structure of the Universe, 204 Einstein, History, and Other Passions: The Gourley, Catherine: Handy, Richard Y.: Rebellion Against Science at the End of Sharks! True Stories and Legends, 85 Prostate Cancer: Treatment and Recovery, 74 the Twentieth Century, 69 Graber, Julia A., Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Hanushek, Erik A., and Dale W. Jorgeson: Hooper, Meredith: and Anne C. Petersen: Improving America’s Schools: The Role of The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Transitions Through Adolescence: Interper- Incentives, 133 Earth, 16 sonal Domains and Context, 6 Hardersen, Paul S.: Hoskin, Michael: Green, John O.: The Case for Space: Who Benefits from Ex- The Cambridge Illustrated History of As- The New Age of Communications, 203 plorations of the Last Frontier?, 78 tronomy, 106 Greenaway, Theresa: Hargrave, Terry D., and Suzanne Midori Howard Hughes Medical Institute: The Really Fearsome Blood-Loving Vam- Hanna: The Race Against Lethal Microbes, 40 pire Bat and Other Creatures with Strange The Aging Family: New Visions in Theory, Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane: Eating Habits, 51 Practice, and Reality, 229 April: A Pueblo Storyteller, 15 The Really Hairy Scary Spider and Other Harman, Amanda: Hy, Le Huan, and Jane Loevinger: Creatures with Lots of Legs, 51 Lions, 51 Measuring Ego Development, 2nd ed., 68 The Really Horrible Horned Toad and Other Manatees and Dugongs, 51 Cold, Clammy Creatures, 51 Illingworth, Valerie: Rhinoceroses, 51 The Really Wicked Droning Wasp and Other Dictionary of Computing, 4th ed., 203 Things That Bite and Sting, 51 Harrison, Polly F., and Allan Rosenfield: Infeld, Donna Lind, and Nadine Reimer Contraceptive Research and Development: Greenfield, Susan A..: Penner: Looking to the Future, 135 The Human Mind Explained: An Owner’s Bereavement: Client Adaptation and Hos- Guide to the Mysteries of the Mind, 68 Haught, James A.: pice Services, 132 2000 Years of Disbelief: Famous People with Greenspan, Stanley I., with Beryl Lieff Iserson, Kenneth V.: the Courage to Doubt, 170 Benderly: Get into Medical School! A Guide for the The Growth of the Mind: And the Endan- Haughton, Emma: Perplexed, 175 gered Origins of Intelligence, 164 A Right to Smoke?, 176 Isler, Charlotte, and Alwyn T. Cohall: Grolier Educational Corporation: Haynes, Raymond: The Watts Teen Health Dictionary, 13 Diseases, 139 Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Jacobsen, Judith E.: Elements, 78 Australian Astronomy, 38 Population Growth, 42 The Grolier Library of Science Biogra- Hazen, Robert M., with Maxine Singer: Johnson, Rebecca L.: phies, 140 Why Aren't Black Holes Black? The Unan- Braving the Frozen Frontier: Women Work- Gross, Paul R., Norman Levitt, and Mar- swered Questions at the Frontiers of Sci- ing in Antarctica, 145 tin W. Lewis: ence, 236 Johnson, Susan M.: The Flight from Science and Reason, 101 Heaton, Donald D.: Creating Connection: The Practice of Emo- Guggenheim, K. Y.: A Produce Reference Guide to Fruits and tionally Focused Marital Therapy, 104 Basic Issues of the History of Nutrition, 10 Vegetables from Around the World: Nature’s Harvest, 266 Jordan, Judith V.: Guth, Alan H.: Women’s Growth in Diversity: More Writ- The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a Heifetz, Milton D., and Wil Tirion: ings from the Stone Center, 228 New Theory of Cosmic Origins, 230 A Walk Through the Heavens: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Leg- Joseph, S.: Hackerman, Norman, and Kenneth ends, 83 Personality Disorders: New Symptom-Fo- Ashworth: cused Drug Therapy, 201 Conversations on the Uses of Science and Heinrich, Bernd: Technology, 70 The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect Julio, Susan: Survival, 201 Great Map Mysteries: 18 Stories and Maps to Haddad, Amy Marie, and Robert A. Build Geography and Map Skills, 245 Buerki: Hellman, Hal: Ethical Dimensions of Pharmaceutical The Story of Gold, 20 Jurenka, Nancy Allen, and Rosanne J. Blass: Care, 133 Henson, Burt, and Russ R. Olney: Cultivating a Child's Imagination Through Hager, Peter J., and H. J. Scheiber, with Furman v. Georgia: The Death Penalty and Gardening, 82 Nancy C. Corbin: the Constitution, 43 Karas, Nick: Designing and Delivering Scientific, Tech- Heppenheimer, T. A.: Brook Trout, 231 nical, and Managerial Presentations, 164 Countdown: A History of Space Flight, 235 Kaufman, Allan, and Jim Flowers: Haley, Jay: ‘ Hewitt, Terry: Technology Projects for the Classroom, 46 Leaving Home: The Therapy of Disturbed Cacti and Succulents, 73 Young People, 2nd ed., 265 Kazunas, Charnan and Tom: Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie Hillstrom: The Internet for Kids, 272 Hall, George M.: Environmental Leaders, 203 Personal Computers, 240 The Ingenious Mind of Nature: Deciphering Hirschi, Ron: the Patterns of Man, Society, and the Uni- Kehret, Peg: People of Salmon and Cedar, 21 verse, 260 Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, 176 Kenda, Margaret, and Phyllis S. Williams: Geography Wizardry for Kids, 277 Science Books & Films «D ecember 1997 289 Kent, Deborah, and Kathryn Quinlan: Lasky, Kathryn: MacDougall, J. D.: Extraordinary People with Disabilities, 76 The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Ex- A Short History of Planet Earth: Mountains, ploring the Rainforest Canopy, 274 Mammals, Fire, and Ice, 45 Kepler, Lynne: Windowsill Science Centers, 48 LeVert, Marianne: MacInnis, Joseph: AIDS: A Handbook for the Future, 46 Saving the Oceans, 6 Kevles, Bettyann Holtzmann: Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Leininger, Kevin E.: Macomber, Roger: Twentieth Century, 201 The Java Developer’s Tool Kit, 260 Organic Chemistry, Volume 1, 7 Klawans, Harold L.: Lepthien, Emilie U.: Macomber, Roger: Why Michael Couldn’t Hit and Other Tales Sea Turtles, 113 Organic Chemistry, Volume 2, 8 of the Neurology of Sports, 270 Walruses, 113 Macquitty, Miranda: Kleiman, Devra G.: Lesinski, Jeanne M.: Amazing Bugs, 85 Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Exotic Invaders: Killer Bees, Fire Ants, and Mager, Robert F.: Techniques, 139 Other Alien Species Are Invading How to Turn Learners On...Without Turning America!, 19 Klein, Etienne: Them Off, 3rd ed., 229 Conversations with the Sphinx: Paradoxes in Lewin, Roger: Magill, Frank N., and Russell R. Tobias: Physics, 168 Patterns in Evolution: The New Molecular USA in Space, 70 Knight, Bertram T.: View, 72 Marriott, Betty Bowers: From Cow to Ice Cream, 245 Lewington, Anna: Environmental Impact Assessment: A Prac- Atlas of the Rain Forests, 107 Kochanoff, Peggy: tical Guide, 165 Beachcombing the Atlantic Coast, 264 Lewis, Jerry M.: Marshall, Elizabeth L.: Marriage as a Search for Healing: Theory, Kogan, Sh.: A Student’s Guide to the Internet. Exploring Assessment, and Therapy, 265 Electronic Noise and Fluctuations in Solids, 75 the World Wide Web, Gopherspace, Elec- Lewis, John S.: tronic Mail, and More!, 42 Kohl, MaryAnn F.: Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 Marshall, lan, and Danah Zohar: Asteroids, Comets, and Planets, 45 to 6 Year Olds, 272 Who’s Afraid of Schrédinger’s Cat? All the Li, Wen-Hsiung: New Science Ideas You Need to Keep Up Konhauser, Joseph D. E., Dan Velleman, Molecular Evolution, 200 with the New Thinking, 167 and Stan Wagon: Which Way Did the Bicycle Go? ...and Other Lightfoot, Cynthia: Martin, Terry: Intriguing Mathematical Mysteries, 44 The Culture of Adolescent Risk-Taking, 228 Why Are Zebras Black and White? Ques- Kovacs, Deborah, and Kate Madin: Lind, Regina Furlong, and Debra Honig tions Children Ask about Color, 82 Why Do Sunflowers Face the Sun? Ques- Beneath Blue Waters: Meetings with Re- Bachman: tions Children Ask about Nature, 82 markable Deep-Sea Creatures, 85 Fundamentals of Perinatal Social Work: A Why Do We Laugh? Questions Children Ask Guide for Clinical Practice with Women, Kowalski, Kathiann M.: about the Human Body, 82 Infants, and Families, 229 Hazardous Waste Sites, 82 Why Does Lightning Strike? Questions Chil- Kragh, Helge: Lindop, Laurie: dren Ask about Weather, 82 Scientists and Doctors, 239 Cosmology and Controversy: The Historical Mason, Paul: Development of Two Theories of the Lingemann, Linda: Atlas of Threatened Cultures, 115 Universe, 38 Beluga Passage, 113 May, William D.: Krasnow, Michael: Lisowski, Marilyn, and Robert A. Will- Edges of Reality: Mind vs. Computer, 100 My Life as a Male Anorexic, 80 iams: Mayr, Ernst: Wetlands, 174 Krieger, Melanie Jacobs: This Is Biology: The Science of the Living Means and Probabilities: Using Statistics in Little, Colin, and J. A. Kitching: World, 134 Science Projects, 12 The Biology of Rocky Shores, 8 Mays, Larry W.: Kushner, Eve: Llewellyn, Claire: Water Resources Handbook, 7 Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Some Snakes Spit Poison and Other Amaz- Mays, Mark, and James W. 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