A Positron Named Priscilla:

Scientific Discovery at the Frontier

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Size: 360 pages, 8 x 10

Publication Year:1994

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Marcia F. Bartusiak, Barbara Burke, Andrew Chaikin, Addison Greenwood, T.A. Heppenheimer, Michelle Hoffman, David Holzman, Elizabeth J. Maggio, and Anne Simon Moffat for the National Academy of Sciences
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Front Matter	i-viii
A Positron Named Priscilla	1-1	(skim)
1 Shake, Rattle, and Shine: New Methods of Probing the Sun	2-33	(skim)
2 A Positron Named Priscilla: Trapping and Manipulating Atoms	34-59	(skim)
3 AIDS: Solving the Molecular Puzzle	60-97	(skim)
4 Doubling Up: How the Genetic Code Replicates Itself	98-123	(skim)
5 Magellan	124-153	(skim)
6 Clocks in the Earth? The Science of Earthquake Prediction	154-195	(skim)
7 The Mathematical Microscope: Waves, Wavelets, and Beyond	196-235	(skim)
8 A Family Affair: The Top Quark and the Higgs Particle	236-257	(skim)
9 Bouncing Balls of Carbon: The Discovery and Promise of Fullerences	258-289	(skim)
10 Fold, Spindle, and Regulate: How Proteins Work	290-315	(skim)
Appendix A: Abstracts of Additional Sessions of the Frontiers of Science of Science Symposia	316-327	(skim)
Appendix B: Symposia Programs	328-331	(skim)
Appendix C: About the Authors	332-334	(skim)
Index	335-348	(skim)

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A Positron Named Priscilla is a book of wonder, offering a fascinating, readable overview of the cutting-edge investigations of many of today's leading young scientists. This volume, containing chapters authored by popular science writers, reports on some of the most exciting recent discoveries and advances. Topics include planetary science, astrophysics and the emergence of helioseismology, biology and what we have learned about DNA, physics and our newfound ability to move and manipulate individual atoms on a surface, and more.