Smithsonian Magazine 1978 August

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Smithsonian Magazine 1978 August

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Contents:  The View from the Castle, Letters to the Editor, Around the Mall and beyond, Phenomena, comment and notes, Scientists, in a Smithsonian project in Nepal, use tranquilizers and techniques of radio tracking to learn how much room endangered tigers require to survive., In one bucolic but tension-filled weekend, candidates for White House Fellowships go before high-level judges – leaving 15 happy winners, 17 disappointed losers., “Capability” Brown, a landscaping genius of the 18th century, molded lakes and lawns for England’s lords., “Echoes of Drums”, Museum of the American Indian’s most comprehensive exhibition, opens this month., Microscopy, as an all-consuming hobby, offers the nonprofessional a chance to contribute to real science., The Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, showing its own fine collection, joins international celebrations in honor of sculpture Henry Moore on his eightieth birthday., Bronze Age underground tombs in Jordan offer evidence of cultural and biological changes in town of Bab edth-Dhra., Incredible odyssey of a visionary Victorian peddler.

Issue:  August 1978

Condition:  Very Good