Engineering and Science, Volume 54:1, Fall 1990
Editor: Dietrich, Jane S.
Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 54, Number 1, 1990
Item Category: Complete Issues
Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:54.1.0
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Table of Contents
The Real California Lottery: Your Income Tax
by Jeffrey Dubin
You stand a much better chance of being audited than winning the lottery. A Caltech
economist takes a look at the audit process.
Mitochondrial DNA: The Second Genetic System
by Giuseppe Attardi
The complete sequence of human mitochondrial DNA and the functions of the proteins it
encodes are known; now researchers are tracking its role in disease and aging.
Heinz Lowenstam: Paleontologist in Palestine 1935-36
To annoy his Nazi professors, a young German Jew selected a somewhat unusual venue for his
dissertation work, described in an excerpt from his oral history.
Departments
Lab Notes: From the Great Red Spot to Protein Blots
SURFboard: Light Beams Trap Heavy Atoms
Books: Mrs. Humphrey Ward by John Sutherland
Obituaries: David R. Smith