Yearbook of science and the future : 1991 / David Calhoun, ed.

Contiene: Horrigan, Brian. How the 20th century found the future -- Stone, Edward C. The journeys of the voyagers -- Pearson, Jerome. Pres "up" for space -- Mark, Robert. Lessons from the master builders -- Aversa, Victoria L. The National Aquarium in Baltimore: a window on the world of water -- Smuts, Barbara B.; Connor, Richard; Mann, Janet; Richards, Andrew; Smolker, Rachel. Dolphins of Shark bay -- Vietmeyer, Noel D. The helpful spider -- Crowe, John H.; Crowe, Lois M. Life without water -- Varley, John D.; Schullery, Paul. The Yellowstone fires -- El-Baz, Farouk. Remote sensing and archeology -- Thompson, Brian S.; Gandhi, Mukesh V."Smart" materials: a revolution in technology -- Perkins, M. John The radicals of chemistry -- Toomer, Ronald V. The physics fo thrill rides -- Wuktsch, Frank E.; Culbert, John. Technology on stage -- Kauffman, George Oops... Eureka! Serendipity and scientific discovery -- Mollusks -- Principles of physical science -- Franklin, Benjamin. Selections from his autobiography -- Pasachoff, Naomi. The Space Telescope Science Institute