Table of Contents

Random Walk

Come Fly with Me
by Michael H. Dickinson
Watching fruit flies playing video games may lead to robotic insects.

The Genetic Roots of Language
by Andrea McColl
A student paper from the Core 1 (science writing) class.

Like Chocolate for String Theory
by Douglas L. Smith
Could chocolate-covered donuts underlie the Theory of Everything?

Bookish Plots
by Charlotte E. Erwin
A donated, 17th-century volume provokes some detective work in the Archives.

Departments

Books — Charles Plott's Collected Papers by Andreas Ortmann

Obituaries: Leverett Davis; Martin Ridge

Faculty File