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Engineering & Science
06.19.13

About Engineering and Science

Engineering & Science is a quarterly magazine, founded by the Caltech Alumni Association in 1937. Produced by the Caltech Office of Marketing and Communications, its goal is to present to a scientifically literate audience a lively picture of the intellectual life and research activities at Caltech and to promote interest in science and scientific issues. Its circulation of 20,000 includes alumni, faculty, students, JPL staff, donors, high schools, libraries, science media, and government leaders.

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Volume LXXIV, Number 1, Winter 2011

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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