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. MacLean 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 •