In this special issue of Scientific American, some of the leading researchers in neuroscience and in psychology discuss how much is now known about the nature of consciousness, memory, emotions, creativity, dreams and other mental phenomena. Their answers suggest that some of these mysteries may be largely solved within our lifetimes -- even if new ones are posed in the process.
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September 1996: What You Need to Know About Cancer
This may be the first special issue of Scientific American that, for everyone on the staff, also qualifies as a personal issue. Several of us have had brushes with cancer, or at least its specter. The title, "What you need to Know about Cancer," makes a daring claim. What exactly do you need to know? First, that many cancers are highly preventable. Second, that the ability of medicine to detect and treat cancer, though still far from ideal, has progressed enough for patients to face their illness with greater optimism. Most of all we hope that readers will come away from this issue with a greater sense that, armed with knowledge and courage, they can fight back against this disease.
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October 1994: Life in The Universe
In 1994, Scientific American entered its 150th year of continuous publication. To celebrate this event, Scientific American compiled a single- topic issue that pulls together between its covers the great themes of discovery, understanding, technological capability and optimism that have inspired the editorial mission.
In a series of articles by such eminent figures as Stephen Weinberg, Carl Sagan, Marvin Minsky and Stephen J. Gould, readers will watch the birth of the universe, witness the emergence of life, and explore the future. They will consider the power that intelligence gives us to create a prosperous society that is sustainable by the Earth's rich but fragile environment.
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Key Technologies for the 21st Century
Scientific American has unveiled, described and assessed the relentless progress of our technological development for over 150 years. With the publication of this single topic issue, Scientific American now turns its sights to the year 2001 and beyond.
What technologies will shape our lives in the next century? What new thresholds in achievement will we cross? What steps must we take today to make the most of tomorrow's promise? The result is Key Technologies for the 21st Century with insightful coverage of "Intelligent Software," "Virtual Reality," "High-Tech Trains," "Space Travel," and much more.
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The Computer in the 21st Century
If you're a traveler along the world's information superhighway -- or anticipate venturing down that road -- be sure to use this trailblazing guide from Scientific American.
The Computer in the 21st Century features over 125 pages of information on lightwave communications. . . cyberspace. . . virtual reality. . . digital technology. . . and so much more.
This unique anthology features 32 acclaimed Scientific American articles by the world's leading experts, including: "Products and Services for Computer Networks" by Nicholas P. Negroponte "Networked Computing in the 1990s" by Lawrence G. Tesler "The Computer for the 21st Century" by Mark Wiser "Infrastructure for the Global Village" by Al Gore "Computers, Networks and the Corporation" by Thomas W. Malone and John Rockart.
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Science in the 20th Century
The millennial turn lies just a few years away. Yet the century has already established itself as a watershed in the history of our species' effort to understand and master the forces of nature. For the first time, we have discerned the fundamental character of matter, begun to comprehend the structure of the universe and gained direct understanding of the chemical processes that we call life.
In this special issue, key researchers tell this story of achievement in their own words, as they appeared in the pages of Scientific American. Although the record presents accomplishment, it also offers glimpses of the experience of doing science. Articles include: "What is Matter?" by Erwin Schrodinger "On the Generalized Theory of Gravitation" by Albert Einstein "The Structure of Hereditary Material" by F. H. C. Crick "Continental Drift" by Tuzo Wilson
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Ancient Cities
The words city and civilization come from the same Latin roots. Where did the first cities arise and what did they look like? What secrets are locked in these centuries-old archeological sites? What do they reveal about the history and destiny of humankind? Exciting discoveries have shed fascinating light on the earliest experiments in urban planning. The ways people coalesced and developed complex systems and structures for living in community is revealed in the dramatic history of archaeological research.
From Mesopotamia to the Mayans, the birth, life and death of cities is the subject of Scientific American's special 17-article issue, Ancient Cities. Articles include: "The Origin of Cities" by Robert M. Adams "Pompeii" by Amedeo Maiuri "A Roman Apartment Complex" by Donald J. Watts and Carol Martin Watts "The Emergence of Maya Civilization" by Norman Hammond.
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