Yearbook of science and the future : 1987 / David Calhoun, ed.

Contiene: Wynn-Williams. Gareth. The center of the milky way -- Stephenson, F. Richard. Annals of the ancient sky -- Vietmeyer, Noel D. Lost Crops of the incas -- Smuts, Barbara S. The dynamic and diverse societes of primates -- Hay, Keith G. Wildlife in the city -- Croft, Brian A. Pesticide resistence: arte de bugs winning? -- Landsberg, Helmut E. Something in the air: human healthand the weather -- Bird, Eric C. F. The world's disappearing beaches -- Raleigh, C. Barry. Drilling the earth's deepest holes -- Loyd, Miles Kites: New designs for new uses -- Phillips, Susan H.; Russell, Yvonne S. High tech aids for the handicapped -- Schawlow, Arthur L. Twenty five years of lasers -- Finkelstein, David. The quamtum paradox -- Kerr, George T. Zeolites: solid service from hollow crystals -- Feller, Robert L. Science at the galleries -- Malin, Stuart R. C. The Royal Greenwich Observatory -- Posey, Carl A. A journal just begun: optical astronomy at the National Centers -- Nebula -- Photosynthesis -- The history of the science -- James Watt's steam engine -- Mogee, Mary Ellen. Patents: views ot the technological future -- Nilles, Jack M. Future impacts of imformation technologies -- Index -- Acknowledgments