Engineering and Science, Volume 50:1, September 1986
Editor: Dietrich, Jane S.
Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 50, Number 1, 1986
Item Category: Complete Issues
Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:50.1.0
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Table of Contents
How Does the Brain Learn? A Molecular View
by Mary Kennedy
An intriguing biochemical switch mechanism in synapses may play a part in controlling
learning and memory.
Minorities in California
As immigration changes the composition of California's population, how will it affect
political and economic trends?
Commencement 1986: Arnold Beckman
A 1928 grad passes along a few suggestions to Caltech's newest graduating class.
Simmons and the Strain Gage
The invention of a tiny device 50 years ago precipitated an engineering revolution and a
precise patent policy.
Departments
Research in Progress
Guessing a Hazard
Tracking Stellar Reactions