Engineering and Science, Volume 37:7, June 1974

Table of Contents

In This Issue | html | pdf |

Features:

Medical Genetics and the Engineering of Man | html | pdf |
by Leroy E. Hood and Robert J. Mackin Jr.
Most technologies alter the conditions under which man lives—but biomedical technology can modify man himself.

Good Nutrition for the Good Life | html | pdf |
by Linus Pauling
It is possible by rather simple means, essentially nutritional, to increase the length of life expectancy and also the length of the period of well-being.

Cargo Cult Science | html | pdf |
by Richard Feynman
Some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning not to fool yourself. Caltech's 1974 commencement address.

Campus News:

Research Notes | html | pdf |
Astronomical Association
Sonic Boom
Riddle of the Rings
Light-mixing Spectroscopy
A Superconducting Alloy

Speaking Of . . . | html | pdf |

Retiring This Year | html | pdf |

The Month at Caltech | html | pdf |
New Chairman
Caltech Loves Albert
It's for Keeps
In Memoriam: John G. McLean, Herbert G. Nash, Jeanne Augé
NAS Addenda
More Faculty Honors

Letters | html | pdf |