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Summer 2002


Volume 18, Issue 1

FEATURES

Chemotherapy was born in a chemical-weapons laboratory.

A BOOK ABOUT VOLKSWAGENS HELPED CHANGE A GENERATION

IN MANY WAYS, THE CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN IS THE FIRST WAR OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, BUT SOME OF ITS MOST AMAZING TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE TRACED BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND BEFORE

HE WANTED TO BECOME RICH AND WELL CONNECTED. ALONG THE WAY HE INVENTED THE STEAMBOAT.

ELECTRICITY FROM SUNLIGHT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1883 BUT ONLY RECENTLY BECAME CRUCIAL MAINLY FOR SATELLITES. ITS GREATEST POTENTIAL MAY STILL LIE IN THE FUTURE.

CHESLEY BONESTELL COMBINED SCIENTIFIC PRECISION WITH ARTISTIC BRILLIANCE TO CREATE PAINTINGS OF OTHER WORLDS THAT HELPED INSPIRE THE SPACE PROGRAM

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