Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year ended June 30, 1960., (electronic resource)

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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year ended June 30, 1960.

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Washington, DC, 1961

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Table of contents, p. III
List of plates, p. IV
Appendix, p. 227
The science of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, by W.F.G. Swann, p. 229
The origin and nature of the moon, by Harold C. Urey, p. 251
Exploring the solar system by radar, by Paul E. Green, Jr., and Gordon H. Pettengill, p. 267
Digital computers: Their history, operation, and use, by E.M. McCormick, p. 281
Navigation -- from canoes to spaceships, by Charles S. Draper, p. 301
Photography of the ocean floor, by A.S. Laughton, p. 319
History of a tsunami, by Elliott B. Roberts, p. 327
Hailstorms and hailstones of the western Great Plains, by Vincent J. Schaefer, p. 341
The 1959-60 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, by Donald H. Richter and Jerry P. Eaton, p. 349
Diamonds, by H.J. Logie, p. 357
Seeing the magnetization in transparent magnetic crystals, by J.F. Dillon, Jr., p. 385
Biophysics of bird flight, by August Raspet, p. 405
Animal societies, from slime molds to man, by R.E. Snodgrass, p. 425
Luminescence in marine organisms, by J.A.C. Nicol, p. 447
Trumpets in the West, by William B. Morse, p. 457
Problems involved in the development of clam farms, by Harry J. Turner, Jr., p. 465
The growth of cotton fiber science in the United States, by Arthur W. Palmer, p. 473
Rice -- basic food for one-third of the Earth's people, by Raymond E. Crist, p. 509
The river basin salvage program: After 15 years, by Frank H.H. Roberts, Jr., p. 523
New World prehistory, by Gordon R. Willey, p. 551
The art of Seth Eastman, by John Francis McDermott, p. 577
Index, p. 597

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