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title: Engineering and Science, Volume 50:1, September 1986
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date: 1986-09
date_type: published
publication: Engineering and Science
volume: 50
number: 1
publisher: California Institute of Technology
place_of_pub: Pasadena, CA
id_number: CaltechES:50.1.0
refereed: FALSE
issn: 0013-7812
editors_name: Dietrich, Jane S.
editors_id: Dietrich-J-S
official_url: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:50.1.0
rights: You are granted permission for individual, educational, research and non-commercial reproduction, distribution, display and performance of this work in any format.
collection: CaltechES
toc: <h2>Table of Contents</h2>
<p><b><a href="02/Issue.pdf">In This Issue</a></b></p>
<p><b><a href="02/Kennedy.pdf">How Does the Brain Learn? A Molecular View</a></b><br />
  <em>by Mary Kennedy</em><br />
  An intriguing biochemical switch mechanism in synapses may play a part in controlling
  learning and memory.</p>
<p><b><a href="02/Minorities.pdf">Minorities in California</a></b><br />
  As immigration changes the composition of California's population, how will it affect
  political and economic trends?</p>
<p><b><a href="02/Commencement.pdf">Commencement 1986: Arnold Beckman</a></b><br />
  A 1928 grad passes along a few suggestions to Caltech's newest graduating class.</p>
<p><b><a href="02/Simmons.pdf">Simmons and the Strain Gage</a></b><br />
  The invention of a tiny device 50 years ago precipitated an engineering revolution and a
precise patent policy.</p>
<p><em>Departments</em></p>
<p><b><a href="02/Progress.pdf">Research in Progress</a></b><br />
  Guessing a Hazard<br />
  Tracking Stellar Reactions</p>
<p><b><a href="02/Retirements.pdf">Retirements 1986</a></b></p>
<p><b><a href="02/Random.pdf">Random Walk</a></b></p>
citation:       Engineering and Science, Volume 50:1, September 1986.  [Journal Issue]     https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:50.1.0 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:50.1.0>  
document_url: https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/600/1/ES50.1.1986.pdf
document_url: https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/600/2/Contents.html