Scientific american (May 2004)

Scientific American

Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 2
SA Perspectives: Bush-League Lysenkoism……Page 4
On the Web……Page 5
Letters to the Editors……Page 6
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago……Page 8
News Scan……Page 9
Innovations: Making Drugs, Not Profits……Page 21
Skeptic: The Enchanted Glass……Page 23
Staking Claims: Patents on Ice……Page 24
Insights: Science’s Political Bulldog……Page 25
The Myth of the Beginning of Time……Page 27
Questions about a Hydrogen Economy……Page 37
Synthetic Life……Page 45
Freud Returns……Page 53
Retooling the Global Positioning System……Page 61
The Transit of Venus……Page 69
Working Knowledge: Clear Favorite……Page 77
Voyages: In the Land of the Dreamtime……Page 79
Reviews: AI at the Inception……Page 82
Puzzling Adventures: Jump Snatch……Page 85
Anti Gravity: Television Coverage……Page 86
Ask the Experts……Page 87