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| | New era of firmer control in French science 653
doi:10.1038/258653a0
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| | A justifiable case for support? 654
The passing of the old year next week will be celebrated with no little fervour by the UK computer industry. The economic recession triggered by the oil crisis really hit hard during 1975, so much so that survival rather than growth became the priority, and the short-term objectives of maintaining profitability and, even more important, good cash-flow, tended to override all other considerations. Nicholas Enticknap reviews the state of the industry.
Nicholas Enticknap
doi:10.1038/258654a0
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| | Nessiteras skeptyx 655
doi:10.1038/258655a0
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| | Exit the Dragon? 656
Roger Woodham
doi:10.1038/258656a0
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| | University money plea 656
doi:10.1038/258656b0
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| | Cottrell call for coal 657
doi:10.1038/258657a0
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| | EEC diary 657
doi:10.1038/258657b0
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| | Washington seen 658
Colin Norman
doi:10.1038/258658a0
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| | Antarctic jigsaws 659
J. Sutton
doi:10.1038/258659a0
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| | Membrane-bound tubulin: fact or artefact? 659
Mike Jacobs
doi:10.1038/258659b0
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| | QSO redshifts and the steady state cosmology 660
J. V. NARLIKAR & P. A. DAS
doi:10.1038/258660a0
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| | Lasers and the Lamb shift 660
Peter Knight
doi:10.1038/258660b0
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| | A hundred years ago 661
doi:10.1038/258661a0
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| | Heat flow on different scales 661
Peter J. Smith
doi:10.1038/258661b0
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| | The nucleolus on the Black Sea 662
A Correspondent
doi:10.1038/258662a0
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| | A most Friendly meeting 663
BLANCHE ALTER & ALBERT DEISSEROTH
doi:10.1038/258663a0
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| | Astronomy from the Space Shuttle 663
John Gribbin
doi:10.1038/258663b0
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| | Quantitative variation and gene number 665
James N. Thompson Jr
doi:10.1038/258665a0
Abstract & References | PDF (598K)
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| | Metamorphic belt and volcanic arc migration in New Zealand 668
David Shelley
doi:10.1038/258668a0
Abstract & References | PDF (443K)
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| | Summer phytoplankton blooms and red tides along tidal fronts in the approaches to the English Channel 672
R. D. Pingree, P. R. Pugh, P. M. Holligan & G. R. Forster
doi:10.1038/258672a0
Abstract & References | PDF (651K)
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| | Models for metal ion function in carbonic anhydrase 677
Paul Woolley
doi:10.1038/258677a0
Abstract & References | PDF (576K)
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| | Conservation of cytoplasmic poly(A)-containing RNA in mouse and rat 682
M. Rosbash, M. S. Campo & K. S. Gummerson
doi:10.1038/258682a0
Abstract & References | PDF (521K)
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| | Letters | |
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| | Size distribution of cosmic gamma-ray bursts 686
A. BEWICK, M. J. COE, J. S. MILLS & J. J. QUENBY
doi:10.1038/258686a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (227K)
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| | Cosmic ray streaming 687
J. SKILLING
doi:10.1038/258687a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (202K)
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| | Third speed-up of the Crab pulsar 688
ECKMAR LOHSEN
doi:10.1038/258688a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (199K)
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| | High temperature condensates among meteors 689
LAUREL L. WILKENING
doi:10.1038/258689a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (226K)
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| | Detection of a potassium cloud near Io 690
L. TRAFTON
doi:10.1038/258690a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (335K)
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| | Angular momentum transfer to the inner Jovian satellites 692
A. MOGRO-CAMPERO
doi:10.1038/258692a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (305K)
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| | Unusual series of type III-RS solar radio bursts 693
G. L. TARNSTROM & Ch. ZEHNTNER
doi:10.1038/258693a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (288K)
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| | Optical detection of Fe3+ in lunar plagioclase 694
D. J. TELFER & G. WALKER
doi:10.1038/258694a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (180K)
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| | Stratospheric measurements of H2O and the diurnal change of NO and NO2
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C. P. CHALONER, J. R. DRUMMOND, J. T. HOUGHTON, R. F. JARNOT & H. K. ROSCOE
doi:10.1038/258696a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (231K)
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| | Possible climatic impact of tropical deforestation 697
GERALD L. POTTER, HUGH W. ELLSAESSER, MICHAEL C. MACCRACKEN & FREDERICK M. LUTHER
doi:10.1038/258697a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (220K)
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| | Evidence for a Proterozoic greenstone belt from Snow Lake, Manitoba 698
KEITH BELL, J. BLENKINSOP & J. M. MOORE
doi:10.1038/258698a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (458K)
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| | Evidence for pre-Jurassic subduction in western Antarctica 701
J. L. SMELLIE & P. D. CLARKSON
doi:10.1038/258701a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (226K)
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| | Ceramic steel? 703
R. C. GARVIE, R. H. HANNINK & R. T. PASCOE
doi:10.1038/258703a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (220K)
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| | Pulsating turbidity currents with relationship to high swell and high tides 704
FRANCIS P. SHEPARD, NEIL F. MARSHALL & PATRICK A. MCLOUGHLIN
doi:10.1038/258704a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (314K)
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| | Hermatypic coral growth banding as environmental recorder 706
RICHARD EUGENE DODGE & J. RIMAS VAI NYS
doi:10.1038/258706a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (332K)
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| | Intelligence tests may favour the majority groups in a population 708
GORDON M. HARRINGTON
doi:10.1038/258708a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (267K)
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| | Radiocarbon date for the largest extinct bird 709
RAINER BERGER, KEITH DUCOTE, KARIN ROBINSON & HARTMUT WALTER
doi:10.1038/258709a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (131K)
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| | Scorpionflies as kleptoparasites of web-building spiders 709
RANDY THORNHILL
doi:10.1038/258709b0
First paragraph & References | PDF (402K)
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| | Natural daylengths regulate insect seasonality by two mechanisms 711
MAURICE J. TAUBER & CATHERINE A. TAUBER
doi:10.1038/258711a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (259K)
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| | Effect of light on egg-laying rate and mating speed in phototactic strains of Drosophila
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THERESE ANN MARKOW
doi:10.1038/258712a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (337K)
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| | Corpus allatum activity and wing determination in Megoura viciae
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P. M. LECKSTEIN & M. LLEWELLYN
doi:10.1038/258714a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (245K)
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| | Manganese and photosynthetic oxygen evolution by algae 715
E. TEL-OR & W. D. P. STEWART
doi:10.1038/258715a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (255K)
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| | Enzyme to break down lettuce endosperm cell wall during gibberellin-and light-induced germination 716
PETER HALMER, J. DEREK BEWLEY & TREVOR A. THORPE
doi:10.1038/258716a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (340K)
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| | Reduced sperm motility in the isthmus of the rabbit oviduct 718
J. W. OVERSTREET & G. W. COOPER
doi:10.1038/258718a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (283K)
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| | Nuclear transplantation in the rabbit egg 719
J. D. BROMHALL
doi:10.1038/258719a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (645K)
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| | Motility, diffusion and cell concentration affect pair formation in Escherichia coli
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J. F. COLLINS & PAUL BRODA
doi:10.1038/258722a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (224K)
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| | Migration and chemotaxis of anucleate cytoplasmic leukocyte fragments 723
H. U. KELLER & M. BESSIS
doi:10.1038/258723a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (249K)
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| | Release of eosinophil chemotactic factor from human polymorphonuclear neutrophils by calcium ionophore A23187 and phagocytosis 725
BEATE M. CZARNETZKI, WOLFGANG KONIG & LAWRENCE M. LICHTENSTEIN
doi:10.1038/258725a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (314K)
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| | Role of stem cell migration in initiation of mouse foetal liver haemopoiesis 726
G. R. JOHNSON & M. A. S. MOORE
doi:10.1038/258726a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (533K)
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| | Cooperation across the histocompatibility barrier 728
H. WALDMANN, H. POPE & A. J. MUNRO
doi:10.1038/258728a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (307K)
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| | Low dose unresponsiveness with a thymus independent antigen 730
H. WALDMANN & H. POPE
doi:10.1038/258730a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (200K)
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| | Effect of tumour necrosis factor on cultured human melanoma cells 731
LAWRENCE HELSON, SAUL GREEN, ELIZABETH CARSWELL & LLOYD J. OLD
doi:10.1038/258731a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (208K)
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| | 4a(W4) and 4b(W6) human histocompatibility antigens are specifically associated with complement receptors 732
ANTONIO ARNAIZ-VILLENA & HILLIARD FESTENSTEIN
doi:10.1038/258732a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (328K)
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| | Identification of a new oncofoetal antigen associated with several types of human carcinomas 734
R. FRITSCHÉ & J.-P. MACH
doi:10.1038/258734a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (619K)
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| | Corticosteroids inhibit prostaglandin production by rheumatoid synovia 737
FRED KANTROWITZ, DWIGHT R. ROBINSON, MARY B. MCGUIRE & LAWRENCE LEVINE
doi:10.1038/258737a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (365K)
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| | Hydrocortisone inhibits prostaglandin production by mouse fibrosarcoma cells 739
ARMEN H. TASHJIAN JR, EDWARD F. VOELKEL, JANET MCDONOUGH & LAWRENCE LEVINE
doi:10.1038/258739a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (347K)
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| | Spontaneous calcium action potentials in a clonal pituitary cell line and their relationship to prolactin secretion 741
YOSHIAKI KIDOKORO
doi:10.1038/258741a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (229K)
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| | Effect of oestrogen antagonist on hypothalamic oestrogen receptors 742
RICHARD E. WHALEN, JOSEPH V. MARTIN & KATHIE L. OLSEN
doi:10.1038/258742a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (216K)
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| | New antisickling agent 3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1 benzopyran-6-butyric acid 743
DONALD E. U. EKONG, JOSEPH I. OKOGUN, VICTORIA U. ENYENIHI, VALERIA BALOGH-NAIR, KOJI NAKANISHI & CLAYTON NATTA
doi:10.1038/258743a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (532K)
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| | Immunohistochemical localisation of S−100 protein in brain 746
ANDREW MATUS & SANJIDA MUGHAL
doi:10.1038/258746a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (977K)
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| | [Letters to Nature] 748
K. G. HAGLID, A. HAMBERGER, H.-A. HANSSON, H. HYDÉN, L. PERSSON & L. RÖNNBÄCK
doi:10.1038/258748a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (573K)
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| | Tyramine activates the EEG in epileptic patients 749
M. SWASH, A. M. MOFFETT & D. F. SCOTT
doi:10.1038/258749a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (223K)
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| | Disruption of brain stimulation-induced feeding by dopamine receptor blockade 750
ANTHONY G. PHILLIPS & ROY S. NIKAIDO
doi:10.1038/258750a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (241K)
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| | Organisation of receptors for neurotransmitters on Aplysia neurones 751
JOHN W. SWANN & DAVID O. CARPENTER
doi:10.1038/258751a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (379K)
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| | Lithium accumulation by snail neurones measured by a new Li+-sensitive microelectrode 754
R. C. THOMAS, W. SIMON & M. OEHME
doi:10.1038/258754a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (354K)
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| | Experimental evidence that polyoma-specific tumour antigen is a virus-coded protein 756
M. GRAESSMANN, A. GRAESSMANN, J. NIEBEL, H. KOCH, M. FOGEL & C. MUELLER
doi:10.1038/258756a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (335K)
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| | Correlation of polypeptide composition with antigenic variation in the swine vesicular disease and coxsackie B5 viruses 758
T. J. R. HARRIS & F. BROWN
doi:10.1038/258758a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (552K)
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| | Synergistic effect of caffeine on the cytotoxicity of ultraviolet irradiation and of hydrocarbon epoxides in strains of Xeroderma pigmentosum 760
VERONICA M. MAHER, LOUIS M. OUELLETTE, MARILYN MITTLESTAT & J. JUSTIN MCCORMICK
doi:10.1038/258760a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (460K)
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| | Cyclic AMP-induced changes in protein synthesis in a cellular slime mould, Polysphondylium pallidum
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DAVID FRANCIS
doi:10.1038/258763a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (497K)
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| | Actin polymerisation induced by spectrin 765
JENNIFER C. PINDER, D. BRAY & W. B. GRATZER
doi:10.1038/258765a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (632K)
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| | Arrhenius parameters of phototransients in Halobacterium halobium in physiological conditions 766
WARREN V. SHERMAN & S. ROY CAPLAN
doi:10.1038/258766a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (757K)
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| | Nanosecond flash photolysis of rhodopsin 768
R. BENSASSON, E. J. LAND & T. G. TRUSCOTT
doi:10.1038/258768a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (379K)
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| | Equatorial X-ray reflections and cross arm movement in skeletal muscle 770
RICHARD W. LYMN
doi:10.1038/258770a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (403K)
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| | Structural subunit in prisms of immature rat enamel 772
F. C. SMALES
doi:10.1038/258772a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (454K)
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| | Is maleic hydrazide a pyrimidine or purine analogue? 774
PETER D. CRADWICK
doi:10.1038/258774a0
First paragraph & References | PDF (90K)
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| | Corrigendum | |
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| | Corrigendum 774
doi:10.1038/258774b0
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| | Matters Arising | |
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| | Lead levels in blood 775
P. S. I. BARRY
doi:10.1038/258775a0
References | PDF (110K)
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| | Lead levels in blood (reply) 775
WALDRON
doi:10.1038/258775b0
References | PDF (110K)
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| | Natural halocarbons in air and sea 775
F. S. ROWLAND, MARIO J. MOLINA & C. C. CHOU
doi:10.1038/258775c0
References | PDF (240K)
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| | Natural halocarbons in air and sea (reply) 776
LOVELOCK
doi:10.1038/258776a0
References | PDF (133K)
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| | Latent tumour metastases 776
MICHAEL WOODRUFF
doi:10.1038/258776b0
References | PDF (133K)
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| | Book Reviews | |
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| | Copernican revolution 777
N. M. Swerdlow reviews Copernicus: Yesterday and Today
(Proceedings of the commemorative conference held in Washington in honour of Nicolaus Copernicus, Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 17.) Edited by
Arthur Beer & K. Aa. Strand
doi:10.1038/258777a0
PDF (371K)
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| | Fungal poisons 778
A. G. Dickerson reviews Molds, Mushrooms and Mycotoxins
By
Clyde M. Christensen
doi:10.1038/258778a0
PDF (131K)
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| | Dynamic processes 778
R. E. Richards reviews Dynamic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Edited by
Lloyd M. Jackman & F. A. Cotton
doi:10.1038/258778b0
PDF (131K)
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| | Variability of mammals 779
D. Michael Stoddart reviews Variability of Mammals
By
A. V. Yablokov
doi:10.1038/258779a0
PDF (164K)
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| | [Book Reviews 'picture story'] 779
doi:10.1038/258779b0
PDF (164K)
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| | Energetic perspective 779
G. R. Bainbridge reviews Perspectives on Energy: Issues, Ideas and Environmental Dilemmas
By
Lon C. Reudisili & Morris W. Firebaugh
doi:10.1038/258779c0
PDF (164K)
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| | Clarifying nuclear structure 780
P. E. Hodgson reviews Nuclear Structure
Volume 2: Nuclear Deformations. By
Aage Bohr & Ben R. Mottelson
doi:10.1038/258780a0
PDF (102K)
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| | Quantum theory 780
R. F. Streater reviews Introduction to Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory
(Mathematical Physics Monograph Series, Volume 18.) By
N. N. Bogolubov, A. A. Logunov & I. T. Todorov
doi:10.1038/258780b0
PDF (102K)
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| | Books Brief | |
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| | Books brief 781
A. E. Lee
doi:10.1038/258781a0
PDF (118K)
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| | Books brief 781
D. A. T. New
doi:10.1038/258781b0
PDF (118K)
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| | Books brief 781
D. A. Ritchie
doi:10.1038/258781c0
PDF (118K)
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| | Books brief 781
E. H. Sondheimer
doi:10.1038/258781d0
PDF (118K)
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| | Dr J. F. Heremans 782
John Peters-Dickie
doi:10.1038/258782a0
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| | Announcements | |
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| | Announcements 782
doi:10.1038/258782b0
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| | Reports and Publications | |
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| | Reports and publications 782
doi:10.1038/258782c0
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