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From: markh@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mark William Hopkins)
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Subject: Re: Support Scientific American (was Re: Unscientific Americans)
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Date: 11 Mar 88 03:18:20 GMT
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In article <2730001@otter.hple.hp.com> kers@otter.hple.hp.com (Christopher Dollin) writes:
>I too would like to see Martin Gardener (or Douglas Hofstadter) back at SA. I
>feel that the current _Computer Recreations_ column is too shallow and 
>undemanding.

Hofstadter would be a great asset if he were to come back.  He's been a big
influence on me. (His articles gave me the insight to solve the Cube in 40
seconds too.)

>
>But on the subject of science magazines ... my regular (weekly) is _New 
>Scientist_. Does it appear in the States or is it peculiar to Britain/Europe?


On that note, what about the National Academy of Sciences monthly?  Is the
distributed to people outside the NAS? Or are we the lucky few?

>Kers                                    | "Why Lisp if you can talk Poperly?"
                                                ^^^^
			  	       ML will help a great deal ... 
				           not many paren.'s