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Ten years of the Chornobyl era

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It has been 10 years since the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in 1986 rocked the world because of its inhuman effects on mankind. This calamity offers a vivid demonstration of the danger of nuclear technology, especially when they fall into the hands of a nation with a weak political system.

Author: Shcherbak, Yuri M.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
Health aspects, Russia, Accidents, Nuclear power plants, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Nuclear Accident, 1986

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120 years of Popular Science

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Popular Science excerpts, representing 120 years of publication, are presented. The excerpts cover many of the technological and scientific achievements through the years, as well as various advertisements. Popular Science began publication in May 1872.

Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1992
History, Cover Story, Popular Science (Periodical)

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One hundred years of natural selection in the wild

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This article describes the works of Hermon Bumpus who produced the first study of selection in natural population in 1896. The authors discuss the scholarly presentation of some his works and their relevance to modern biology.

Author: Price, Trevor, Yeh, Pamela
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers
Publication Name: Endeavour
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0160-9327
Year: 1999
United States, Statistical Data Included, Models, Analysis, Portrayals, Natural selection, Biology, Population genetics, Bumpus, Hermon

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