Description
Contents: Smithsonian horizons, Letters to the Editor, Around the Mall and beyond, Phenomena, comment and notes., Yellowstone’s Fires are out but the Issues Burn on (As new growth sprouts from last year’s charred acres, the debate over wilderness management heats up.), Checkups for the Nation’s Rural Hospitals (They give modern medical care to all who need it, but that can be hard on a caregiver’s financial health.), Wang Yani, born to paint (Since the day she picked up a brush, this young artist has amazed her elders; the Sackler Gallery shows why.), Craters, the Celestial Calling Cards (As these “impact structures” reveal, Earth has often been visited by massive meteorites, and will be again.), In Search of the Footwear Ferrari (Sneakerwise, do nitrogen microballons really matter? A jogger visits some shoe-engineering labs to find out.), ‘Nothin” Ed Druther do than chase these hogs’ (Smart, tough and on the increase, our wild boars are sport to some, pests to many – and pets to a few.), The Konigsberg – deadly enemy, elusive prey (Scourge of Allied shipping as World War I erupted, the German cruiser became Britain’s top-priority target.), Carnac’s Archaeological Stumbling Blocks (In Brittany, thousands of granite giants yield clues in Neolithic culture, but little about themselves.), Surveying the South, a panorama-in-print (A huge new encyclopedia encompasses everything and everyone connected with the region’s life and love.), Montesquieu: architect of American liberty (When the Founding Fathers crafted the Constitution, the Frenchman’s Spirit of the Laws was the blueprint.)
Issue: September 1989
Condition: Very Good