Engineering and Science, Volume 60:4, 1997

Table of Contents

Random Walk
That Was a Quick Decade; Caltech Beats the Big 10, Big 12, Big West, Big East, SEC, Ivy League...; Hudson Bay Bounces Back; The Cartoon Guide to Geophysics; 10-4 Copy That; Galileo: Primary Mission Accomplished

Late Bloomer: Arabidopsis Arrives
by Rebecca Rothenberg
A tiny, unassuming weed takes a place of honor in the geneticists' pantheon.

No Assembly Required
by Douglas L. Smith
Proteins fold up into useful shapes all by themselves; Caltech biologists are discovering how to mimic this in a computer.

The Quest for a Cure: AIDS Research at the Millennium
Panelists ar the Calecch Biology Forum discuss recent advances in drug treatment and the continuing search for a vaccine.

Taxing Women
by Edward J. McCaffery
A bias against working wives has been built into our tax system. How did this come about, and what can be done about it?

Faculty File

Obituaries: R. Stanton Avery