Smithsonian Magazine 1977 May

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Smithsonian Magazine 1977 May

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Contents:  The view from the castleL Secretary Ripley’s comments, Letters to the Editor, Picture credits, Phenomena, comments and notes by James K. Page Jr., Around the Mall and beyond by Edwards Park, Complex shuttle, a hybrid of plane and rocket, ushers in new era of routine service for satellites, manned labs, Burgeoning cult of wild plant foragers courts disaster in not knowing what is palatable and what is poisonous, Far West’s 20th-century art, some 270 works by 199 California artists, comes to East Coast for the first time, Rochambeau’s army marched to Yorktown to help us win the Revolution and on the way acquired frogs, friends and an intimate knowledge of our country, Part Picasso and part Red Baron, a flying professor finds beauty with his camera in desert and dump, A great collection of tiny artistry – how it was made, Discovering ancient treasure in “Caves of 1,000 Buddhas”, Film studies of a Papua New Guinea hunting-gathering culture show remarkable child-rearing practices, For years biologists have used concept of maximum sustainable yield to set kill quotas but it proves at best only a rule of thumb

Issue:  May 1977

Condition:  Very Good