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2. Racing without drivers. (Scientific Observer)

Author

Ross, Gregory

Subjects
United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -- Competitions -- Innovations, Robots -- Design and construction, Racetracks (Automobile racing) -- Innovations, Science and technology, Robot, Design and construction, Innovations, Competitions
Abstract

Early on a Saturday morning next March, an unlikely collection of machines will hop, roll, crawl and drive into the rugged country outside Los Angeles. The vehicles will be autonomous, [...]

Published
2003

3. Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation

Author

Ross, Gregory

Subjects
Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Book) -- Gurney, Alan, Books -- Book reviews
Abstract

In Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Norton, $22.95), yacht designer and photographer Alan Gurney tells the strange story of a world-transforming technology that required 700 years to perfect. […]

Published
2004

4. The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon

Author

Ross, Gregory

Subjects
The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon (Novel) -- Criticism and interpretation
Abstract

In 1733, France sent a team of scientists to colonial Peru on a momentous mission: to measure a degree of longitude near the equator. By comparing this with a degree […]

Published
2004

5. The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty

Author

Ross, Gregory

Subjects
The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty (Book) -- Libbrecht, Kenneth, Books -- Book reviews, Science and technology
Abstract

Snowflakes have an impressive scientific pedigree. Johannes Kepler studied their sixfold symmetry, Rene Descartes investigated their crystal structure, and Robert Hooke sketched them using an early microscope. The Snowflake: Winter's [...]

Published
2004

6. Ultima Thule: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

Author

Ross, Gregory

Subjects
Ultima Thule: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North (Book) -- Malaurie, Jean, Books -- Book reviews, Science and technology
Abstract

In the lavishly illustrated Ultima Thule: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North (Norton, $75), geomorphologist Jean Malaurie chronicles 170 years of arctic exploration by European and American adventurers. Their [...]

Published
2004

7. NANOVIEWS.

Author

Diller, Frank, Ross, Gregory, Schneider, David A., Schoonmaker, David R., and Szpir, Michael

Subjects
*HUMAN in vitro fertilization, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution," by Robin Marantz Henig.

Published
2004

8. NANOVIEWS.

Author

Ross, Gregory, Brodie, Christopher, Gilmore, Gerry, Green, Harold M., Hayes, Brian, and Szpir, Michael

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several book about science. "Built for Speed: A Year in the Life of Pronghorn," by John A. Byers; "The Book of Clouds," by John Day; "Audubon's Elephant: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of The Birds of America," by Duff Hart-Davis; "Galaxies and the Cosmic Frontier," by Paul Hodge and Bill Waller.

Published
2004

9. NANOVIEWS.

Author

Reid, Rosalind, Ross, Gregory, Szpir, Michael, and Schneider, David A.

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books on various topics. "Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe," by Charles Siefe; "Ultima Thule: Explorers and Natives in the Polar North," by Jean Malaurie; "Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything," by Dan Falk.

Published
2004

10. NANOVIEWS.

Author

Brodie, Chris, Diller, Frank, Esty, Amos, Ross, Gregory, Schneider, David A., and Szpir, Michael

Subjects
*ENERGY conservation, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Out of Gas," by David Goodstein.

Published
2004

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