Scientific American (August 2000)

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 2
If You Can't Stand the Heat.........Page 4
Letters to the Editors......Page 5
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago......Page 7
News & Analysis......Page 8
By the Numbers: The U.S. Population Race......Page 15
Profile: Blue Chip......Page 18
Technology & Business......Page 20
Cyber View......Page 22
How Green Are Green Plastics?......Page 23
Fountains of Youth: Early Days in the Life of a Star......Page 29
Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?......Page 35
Form from Fire......Page 43
The Universe's Unseen Dimensions......Page 47
Male Sexual Circuitry......Page 55
Birth of the Modern Diet......Page 61
Working Knowledge: Focusing in a Flash......Page 67
The Amateur Scientist: How to Rear a Plankton Menagerie......Page 69
Mathematical Recreations: A Fractal Guide to Tic-Tac-Toe......Page 71
Books: Hidden World......Page 74
Wonders: Laws of Calorie Counting......Page 76
Connections: The Grand Plan......Page 77
Anti Gravity: Measure for Measure......Page 79