Table of Contents

In This Issue

Theoretical Chemistry Comes Alive
by William A. Goddard III
High-speed computers and sophisticated graphics allow theorists to examine the quantum mechanical steps of chemical reactions, setting off a revolution in what has been a highly empirical science.

Meaning in Art and Science
by Gunther S. Stent
A molecular biologist compares semantic content in artistic and scientific works — the latest salvo in a shotgun marriage.

Superstrings
Theoretical physicists suggest that long-sought unified field theory may be tied up in strings.

Departments

Research in Progress
California's First Barbecue?, Power of a Tourney, Dancing Sands, Zoo Story

Emeritus Professors - 1985
Liepmann, Leighton, Mikiowitz, Ryser, Tschoegl

Opinion
Ned Munger