Scientific American - 11.2019

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November 2019, ScientificAmerican.com 1 November 2019 VOLUME 321, NUMBER 5 ENRICO SACCHETTI 62 o N THe Cover Physicists recently ...

2 Scientific American, November 2019 Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733), Volume 321, Number 5, November 2019, published monthl ...

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4 Scientific American, November 2019 FROM THE EDITOR BOARD OF ADVISERS Leslie C. Aiello President, Wenner-Gren Foundation for An ...

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6 Scientific American, November 2019 LETTERS [email protected] WOMEN’S SPACE “One Small Step Back in Time,” by Clara Moskowitz, ...

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10 Scientific American, November 2019 SCIENCE AGENDA OPINION AND ANALYSIS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN’S BOARD OF EDITORS Illustrati ...

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12 Scientific American, November 2019 Illustration by Matt Harrison Clough FORUM COMMENTARY ON SCIENCE IN THE NEWS FROM THE EXPE ...

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