Science at the Frontier

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Publication Year:1992

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Science at the Frontier takes you on a journey through the minds of the nation's leading younger scientists as they explore the most exciting areas of discovery today. The volume describes the movement to expand scientific theory and measurement, the ...
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Front Matter	i-viii
1 Geology: The Great Heat Engine: Modeling Earth's Dynamics	1-24	(skim)
2 Photosynthesis: Artificial Photosynthesis: Chemical and Biological Systems for Converting Light to Electricity and Fuels	25-44	(skim)
3 Dynamical Systems: When the Simple Is Complex: New Mathematical Approaches to Learning About the Universe	45-65	(skim)
4 Astrophysics: Looking Farther in Space and Time	66-93	(skim)
5 Gene Regulation: Gene Control: Transcription Factors and Mechanisms	94-118	(skim)
6 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: New Breakthroughs in Medical Diagnosis	119-148	(skim)
7 Computation: Beyond Theory and Experiment: Seeing the World Through Scientific Computation	149-177	(skim)
8 Atmospheric Science: Research and Regulation: Science's Contribution to the Public Debate	178-198	(skim)
9 Neural Networks: Computational Neuroscience: A Window to Understanding How the Brain Works	199-232	(skim)
10 Physics: Quasicrystals and Superconductors: Advances in Condensed Matter Physics	233-254	(skim)
Appendix Second Annual Frontiers of Science Symposium Program	255-258	(skim)
Index	259-278	(skim)

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Science at the Frontier takes you on a journey through the minds of the nation's leading younger scientists as they explore the most exciting areas of discovery today. The volume describes the movement to expand scientific theory and measurement, the relationship between science and government in the search for effective pollution control, the increasing use of computer modeling in science, the search for the secrets of gene transcription, current developments in magnetic resonance imaging, and more.

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"The topics covered are at the cutting edge of scientific endeavors and will give both scientists and nonscientists an excellent summary of the state of the exciting developments in the major fields of scientific endeavor . . . . The National Academy of Sciences is to be commended for making such an excellent volume available to a larger public." --CHOICE

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