Dædalus was founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It draws on the enormous intellectual capacity of the American Academy, whose members are among the nation's most prominent thinkers in the arts, sciences, and humanities. The theme for the Fall 2014 issue is "From Atoms to the Stars."
Contents:
Introduction: From Atoms to the Stars
Jerrold Meinwald
Phosphorus: From the Stars to Land & Sea Full Access
Christopher C. Cummins
Foresight, Unpredictability & Chance in Chemistry & Cognate Subjects Full Access
John Meurig Thomas
The Bright Future of Fabulous Materials Based on Carbon Full Access
Fred Wudl
The Convergence of Chemistry & Human Biology Full Access
Chaitan Khosla
Using Computational Chemistry to Understand & Discover Chemical Reactions Full Access
K. N. Houk, Peng Liu
From the Atom to the Universe: Recent Astronomical Discoveries Full Access
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Reconstructing the Cosmic Evolution of the Chemical Elements Full Access
Anna Frebel
Exoplanets, 2003–2013 Full Access
Gáspár Áron Bakos
Mapping the Universe: Surveys of the Sky as Discovery Engines in Astronomy Full Access
Michael A. Strauss
The Odd Couple: Quasars & Black Holes Full Access
Scott Tremaine
The Formation & Evolution of Galaxies Full Access
Pieter van Dokkum
Cosmology Today Full Access
David N. Spergel
Language
English
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
MIT Press
Release
September 30, 2014
Daedalus 143:4 (Fall 2014) - From Atoms to the Stars
Dædalus was founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It draws on the enormous intellectual capacity of the American Academy, whose members are among the nation's most prominent thinkers in the arts, sciences, and humanities. The theme for the Fall 2014 issue is "From Atoms to the Stars."
Contents:
Introduction: From Atoms to the Stars
Jerrold Meinwald
Phosphorus: From the Stars to Land & Sea Full Access
Christopher C. Cummins
Foresight, Unpredictability & Chance in Chemistry & Cognate Subjects Full Access
John Meurig Thomas
The Bright Future of Fabulous Materials Based on Carbon Full Access
Fred Wudl
The Convergence of Chemistry & Human Biology Full Access
Chaitan Khosla
Using Computational Chemistry to Understand & Discover Chemical Reactions Full Access
K. N. Houk, Peng Liu
From the Atom to the Universe: Recent Astronomical Discoveries Full Access
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Reconstructing the Cosmic Evolution of the Chemical Elements Full Access
Anna Frebel
Exoplanets, 2003–2013 Full Access
Gáspár Áron Bakos
Mapping the Universe: Surveys of the Sky as Discovery Engines in Astronomy Full Access
Michael A. Strauss
The Odd Couple: Quasars & Black Holes Full Access
Scott Tremaine
The Formation & Evolution of Galaxies Full Access
Pieter van Dokkum