Scientific american (April 2004)

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 2
SA Perspectives: Breaking Out of Orbit......Page 4
On the Web......Page 5
Letters to the Editors......Page 6
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago......Page 8
News Scan......Page 9
Innovations: Making Proteins without DNA......Page 21
Staking Claims: Patent Enforcement......Page 23
Skeptic: Magic Water and Mencken's Maxim......Page 24
Insights: Draining the Language out of Color......Page 25
The Other Half of the Brain......Page 27
The Hidden Members of Planetary Systems......Page 35
The Tyranny of Choice......Page 43
The First Nanochips......Page 49
Evolution Encoded......Page 57
Blastoffs on a Budget......Page 65
Working Knowledge: Complete Burn......Page 71
Technicalities: Plug-and-Play Robots......Page 73
Reviews: The Brain in Love......Page 76
Puzzling Adventures: Bluffhead......Page 78
Anti Gravity: Visiting Royalty......Page 79
Ask the Experts......Page 80
Fuzzy Logic......Page 81