Engineering and Science, Volume 20:4, January 1957

Editor: Hutchings, Jr., Edward

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 20, Number 4, 1957

Item Category: Complete Issues

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:20.4.0

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In This Issue

Books

Geology and Ourselves by F. H. Edmunds

Features:

The Birth and

Death of a Star

Astronomical studies of the life histories of the stars lead to some interesting

speculations about our own future.

by Allan Sandage

Part-Time Explorer

William C. Miller, photographer for the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories,

leads a double life. Here's a look at the other one.

Vitamins Are

Here to Stay

Vitamin studies boomed from 1930 to 1945. The field may be quieter now—but

the research is as active as ever.

by Herschel K. Mitchell

The Uniqueness

of Man

Man's evolutionary future—biologically and culturally—is unlimited.

Even more important, it lies within man's own power to determine its direction.

by George W. Beadle

Campus News:

The Month at

Caltech

Personals