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Subject: TOC, Scientific American Vol. 253 No. 6 (December 1985)
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 14:42:10 EST
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%A Herbert Lin
%T The Development of Software for Ballistic-Missile Defense
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 46-53
%Z It must work perfectly the first time; experience shows such
performance is unlikely.

%A Vladimir V. Shkunov
%A Boris Ya. Zel'dovich
%T Optical Phase Conjugation
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 54-59
%Z A distorted beam of light can be reflected back along its path so
that a clear image is reproduced.

%A Franz Huber
%A John Thorson
%T Cricket Auditory Communication
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 60-68
%Z Just how does the female cricket's nervous sytem respond to the
mating song of the male cricket?

%A Jeffrey Laurence
%T The Immune System in AIDS
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 84-93
%Z An understanding of how the AIDS virus causes the illness suggests
possible therapeutic strategies.

%A Peter H. Schultz
%T Polar Wandering on Mars
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 94-102
%Z It appears that the planet's entire lithosphere has shifted, moving
polar regions toward the equator.

%A Daniel Gorenstein
%T The Enormous Theorem
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 104-115
%Z More than 100 mathematicians have created a 15,000-page proof of a
basic result in group theory.

%A Vaclav Smil
%T China's Food
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 116-124
%Z Can China continue to feed its one billion people adequately? The
question is important to everyone.

%A Lothar Haselberger
%T The Construction Plans for the Temple of Apollo at Didyma
%J Scientific American
%V 253
%N 6
%D December 1985
%P 126-132
%Z Temple ``blueprints'' have long been sought.  Now the author has
found a set.