Table of Contents

Books
Rogue Queen by L. Sprague de Camp
A Concise History of Astronomy by Peter Doig
Of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and its Environs

Features:

Caltech's 60th Birthday

The Founders of C. I. T.
by Robert A. Millikan

Fiction Lags After Truth
by Robert G. Cleland

The Facts About Caltech
by Lee A. DuBridge

The World's Worst Corn Crop
Corn from seeds exposed in the atom bomb tests help Caltech biologists study the effects of radiation on plants and humans

James Bonner
He comes from a long line of chemists—and works in biology

Typhoon
A report from the Pacific
by Lewis L. Grimm '44

Campus News:

The Month at Caltech

The Beaver
Some notes on student life
by Al Haber '53

Alumni News

Personals

Lost Alumni