A Letter from President Chameau

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Features:

Different Minds

by Lori Oliwenstein

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Connecting the Dots

by Katie Neith

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Programming Molecular Apps

by Marcus Y. Woo

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Naturally Inspired

by Kimm Fesenmaier

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Some Assembly Required

by Kathy Svitil

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Alumni Impact

by Katharine Gammon

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Random Walk:

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Endnotes

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We asked Caltech alums to tell us their favorite classroom or laboratory memory. Here's what they had to say:

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A Letter from President Chameau

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Features:

From Dendrites to Decisions

by Lori Oliwenstein

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The Scientific Life

by Kathy Svitil

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Lessons from Japan

by Katie Neith

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Plenty of Room at the Blackboard

by Kathy Svitil

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Alumni Impact

by Ramanuj Basu

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Random Walk:

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Linde + Robinson Lab
Dawn Over Vesta
Tête-à-Tech
Cosine Cuisine
Flight of the Techers
Hot or Not?
The Crater-to-Canyon Tour
And the Earth Was Without Form . . .

Obituary

W. Barclay Kamb

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Endnotes

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A Letter from President Chameau

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Features:

Special Section: Power Players

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"The Prodigal Sun Returns"

by Lori Oliwenstein

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From Rags to (Educational) Riches

by Katie Neith

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Random Walk:

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Warm Waters, Cold Winters
Wall of Sound
'Mid These Dancing Rocks
On the Fence
House of the Powering Sun
E/Q Phone Home
Earthshaking News
Robots Reuse, Recycle

Endnotes

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A Letter from the Alumni Association

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Features:

Fun with Dick at TEDx

by Douglas L. Smith

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"Roughing It"

by Lori Oliwenstein

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Jaws 'R' Us

by Kathy Svitil

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Unexpected Connections

by Marcus Y. Woo

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Random Walk:

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Junior Achievement
A New Streak
Hail from the Chief
A Supernova Surprise
Better Than a Poke in the Eye
Cosmic Collisiions
Automata in Our Midst
The Physicist Who Came to Dinner
Dune the Math

Obituaries

Thomas J. Ahrens
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Eugene W. Cowan
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Endnotes

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TEDx Caltech—January 14, 2011

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Features:

Be Aware of Your Inner Zombie

by Andrew Porterfield

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"Like It or Not, We Are Living on This Planet"

by Heidi Aspaturian

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Podcast: Joe Kirschvink on Ancient Climates

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Sex, Flies, and Videotape

by Douglas L. Smith

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Random Walk:

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Having a Blast
On the Map
Why Do We Sleep?
The MKIDs Are Alright

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Books

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had it Coming by Mike Brown
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Global Trends, Global Futures: Living with Declining Living Standards by Thayer Scudder
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Disaster Deferred: How New Science Is Changing Our View of Earthquake Hazards in the Midwest by Seth Stein
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Red Star, Crescent Moon: A Muslim-Jewish Love Story by Robert A. Rosenstone
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The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System by David Baker and Todd Ratcliff
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Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction by Susan Hough
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Smogtown by Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly
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Obituaries

Jerrold E. Marsden
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Ralph W. Kavanagh
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Thad Vreeland, Jr.
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An Eel's Wake

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Features:

Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air

by David MacKay

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Discovering New Worlds

by Marcus Y. Woo

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Addicted to Nicotine

by Michael Torrice

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Random Walk:

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A Universe of Astronomical Data
Tolerating a Fetus
Shoot the Moon, Hit a Rover
First Steps for Curiosity
Lutetia and Saturn
T Cells Make a Commitment
SURFin' Safari

In Memoriam

Andrew Lange
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Hans W. Liepmann
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Obituaries

R. David Middlebrook
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Edwin S. Munger
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Books

On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science by David Goodstein
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Letters

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40 Years Ago in E&S

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Features:

A Mine for Dark Matter

by Marcus Y. Woo

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Cassini's Ringside Seat

by Linda Doran

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Recommend a Movie, Win a Million Bucks

by Joseph Sill

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Random Walk:

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Schlinger Lab Dedicated
Of Flies and Men
Revenge of the Hindenberg
Another Alum Goes to Washington
Caltech Turns 100—again.
Lemelson Winners Announced
Voyager Nears the Local Fluff
Money On Your Mind
Getting Inside a Fly's Head
Old Magazines Never Die
Making Book On the LHC

Letters

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Books

A Dream of Undying Fame: How Freud Betrayed His Mentor and Invented Psychoanalysis by Louis Breger
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"Plenty of Room at the Bottom" Turns 50

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Features:

Diving for Microbes

by Marcus Y. Woo

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The Arrow of Time

by Sean Carroll

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The Light and Sound Fantastic

by Douglas L. Smith

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Random Walk:

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Annenberg Center Dedicated
Ubiquitin's Kiss of Death
Dim and Dimmer
Now You See What WISE Sees
Parallax in Motion
Chess in Space
The Solar Army is Recruiting
Intrabodies R Us
So Cal's Seismo Stimulus
Sold!

Obituaries and Letters:

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Obituaries:

Andrew Lange
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Lew Allen Jr.
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James K. Knowles
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F. Brock Fuller
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Letters:

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From the Editor

by Douglas L. Smith

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Features:

Roving on Mars

by Marcus Y. Woo

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Put Some Sunlight in Your Tank

by Douglas L. Smith

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On the (Molecular) Origin of Species

by Douglas L. Smith

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The Neural Basis of Self-Control

by Antonio Rangel

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Random Walk:

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JPL Under Fire
Another Techer in Space
Staying Firm Under Pressure
There's Water on the Moon...
...And More Ice on Mars
Plankton Stirs the Oceans
Ulysses Ends its Odyssey
A New Ring for Saturn
CCAT Takes the Torch

Letters, Obituary, and Faculty File:

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Obituary:

Hans W. Liepmann

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