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1945-08 The Scientific Monthly Magazine Contents

1945/08 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Fallacy of the Lost Year by A.G. Keller
  • The Problem of the Amazon — Part 2 by F. Ferreira Netto
  • United States Restrictions on Argentine Beef by Earl B. Shaw

  • An English Picture of the United States by William Laas
  • The Cinchona-Bark Industry of South America by William C. Steere
  • “Intellectual” vs. “Physical Peak” Performance by Harvey C. Lehman
  • Electrical Communication by John Mills
  • A Biologist Reflects Upon Old Age and Death by Francis B. Sumner
  • The Spirit of Truth by David Moffat Myers
  • Science on the March
  • Book Reviews
  • Comments and Criticisms
  • Meet the Authors

    • 1931-04 The Scientific Monthly Magazine Contents

    1931/04 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Future of Man in the Light of His Past
    The View-Point of an Archeologist by Dr. A.V. Kidder
    The View-Point of a Sociologist by Professor William F. Ogburn
  • The View-Point of a Geneticist by Professor E.M. East
  • The Age of the Earth – Radioactivity Methods of Its Determination by Dr. Alois F. Kovarik

  • What Is New In Mathematics? by Professor Edward V. Huntington
  • Plant Hunting in Madagascar by Dr. Charles F. Swingle
  • A Cinematographic Study of Sprinters by Professor Wallace O. Fenn
  • Word Painting by Dr. C.H. Benjamin
  • Science Service Radio Talks:
    The Age of the Earth by Professor A.C. Lane
    Doing Something About Earthquakes by Chief N.H. Heck
    In Defense of Insects by Dr. Frank E. Lutz
  • The Beginning of a Snowflake by Dr. John Mead Adams
  • The Progress of Science

    • 1932-09 The Scientific Monthly Magazine Contents

    1932/09 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Extremes in Nature by Professor B.S. Hopkins
  • The Diffusion of Science:
    The Natural Sciences by Dr. Robert A. Millikan
    The Social Sciences by Dr. Harold G. Moulton
    The Press by John H. Finley
  • The New Conception of Matter in Motion by Dr. Thomas H. Johnson
  • The Exposition of Science by Professor Henry Crew
  • Herbs, Herbals, Herbalists by Dr. Helen Bancroft
  • Einstein’s Theory and Rational Language by Dr. Max Talmey
  • Sailors, Coconuts and Monkeys by Dr. S.A. Schelkunoff
  • Sewage Disposal Development in the United States by George L. Robinson
  • Environment and the Student of Human Geography by Dr. Derwent Whittlesey
  • Science Service Radio Talks:
    The Conquest of Diphtheria by Dr. A.W. Freeman
    Tree Crops for Paper Making by Professor Ralph H. McKee
    The Protection of Our Native Flowers by P.L. Ricker
  • Chemicals Make Fire-Fighting Dangerous by Lionel K. Arnold
  • The Progress of Science

    • 1942-05 The Scientific Monthly Magazine Contents

    1942/05 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Nature of Cosmic Rays and the Constitution of Matter by Professor Rudolf W. Ladenburg
  • An Anthropologist in Russia — Part 3 by Dr. A Hrdlicka
  • Swordfishing with the Harpoon in New England Waters by Dr. E.W. Gudger
  • Facts and Philosophers by Dr. J.A. Gengerelli
  • The Scientist and Social Policy in the Democratic State by Dr. Charles E. Kellogg
  • Parasitism in Relation to the Livestock Industry of the South by Dr. Benjamin Schwartz
  • Modern Instruments and Controls by Douglas M. Considine
  • Landed Estates and Peasant Farmers in Hungary by Dr. George Kiss
  • Ant Behavior in the Face of Obstacles by Dr. Laurence J. LaFleur
  • Books on Science for the Layman
  • The Progress of Science

    • 1938-01 The Scientific Monthly Magazine Contents

    1938/01 – Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Botanical Garden at Rio de Janeiro by Dr. F. Lamson-Scribner
  • If the Blind Lead the Blind? By Arthur Loveridge
  • What Is a Patent or Proprietary Medicine? by Robert P. Fischelis
  • “Mikes” — A Botanical Enigma by Reginald D. Forbes
  • Pioneers in the Study of Virus Diseases of Plants by Dr. Melville T. Cook
  • The Fat of the Land by Dr. B.W. Kunkel
  • Comments on Current Science – Science Service
  • The Transmutation of Heavy Elements by The Late Lord Rutherford of Nelson
  • Electron Diffraction and Surface Structure by Dr. G.I. Finch
  • The New York State Museum by Dr. C. Stuart Gager
  • Science and Democracy by J. McKeen Cattell
  • The Progress of Science