Engineering and Science, Volume 58:4, Summer 1995
Editor: Dietrich, Jane S.
Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 58, Number 4, 1995
Item Category: Complete Issues
Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:58.4.0
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Table of Contents
Tall Buildings, Bad Welds, Large Earthquakes—Big Problems
by John F. Hall
Steel-frame buildings, long thought to be our most earrhquake-resistant form of construction,
didn 't fare well in the Northridge earthquake when their welds cracked prematurely.
Alzheimer's Disease: Causes and Effects
Five scientists discuss recent research advances on a disease characrerized by selective neuron
degeneration and consequent loss of memory and other brain functions.
The Yang of Nurrition ... the Yin of Food
by Paul Saltman
A biologist (and Distinguished Alum) tells you how to eat right and enjoy it. Forget
guilt—pizza is very nutritious.
Recollections
Quirky tales of 20th-century physics greats, as remembered by a former Caltech postdoc who
went on to his own fame and fortune.
Departments
Lab Notes: He Tells Death Knells from the Seafloor; It's the Dawn of a New Sunspot Cycle