Description
Contents: The View from the Castle: Secretary Ripley’s comments, Phenomena, comment and notes by James K. Page Jr., Picture Credits, Letters to the Editor, Around the Mall and beyond by Edwards Park, Majorobservatories in Chile, sweeping the southern skies, may settle some cosmic controversaries and determine for Man the outer limits of the universe, American students, spending a semester in Greece or Kenya, get a new view of the world and themselves, Clover and Henry Adams – a most unusual love story, “Tulipomania” was not a Dutch treat to burghers whose feverish gambling almost ruined Holland’s economy, The gemstone jade is a mystery 4,000 years old and true identification is still a problem for science, The frantic life forms the flourish in suburban lawns, A triumph of style: Sir John Soane’s home and collections, Ghost images of Kirlian photography puzzle experts, A young American with roots in China describes first encounter with relatives in his family’s homeland, A new age of airships – safe and comfortable – may dawn
Issue: April 1977
Condition: Very Good