Autumn 1977 Issue, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

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- The Despairing Optimist
  Rene Dubos
  , pp. 424-431
- Marboro Country
  "Aristides"
  , pp. 432-439
- Actors' Equity
  David Bergman
  , pp. 440-442
- One Hundred Metronomes
  Edward T. Cone
  , pp. 443-456
- Terminal
  Linda Pastan
  , p. 457
- Insomnia
  Jean Burden
  , pp. 458-459
- God and Norman Bloom
  Carl Sagan
  , pp. 460-466
- Fear and Trembling at Yale
  Gerald Graff
  , pp. 467-478
- Vienna. Zurich. Constance. and Orpheus in Hell
  D.M. Thomas
  , pp. 479-482
- Sherry and Skepticism: Oxford Days
  Leon Wieseltier
  , pp. 483-495
- Nadia Boulanger
  Suzanne R. Hoover
  , pp. 496-502
- In the Meadow
  James Baker Hall
  , pp. 503-504
- The Words, p. 505
- Lost (and Found) Cities
  Moody E. Prior
  , pp. 506-512
- I Stroke My Sleeping Son
  Richard Frost
  , p. 513
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  Out of Sight (8 Reviews)
  Richard Berendzen
  , pp. 514-523
  The Collapsing Universe, by Isaac Asimov
  1. The Collapsing Universe by Isaac Asimov
  2. Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes by Frederic Golden
  3. White Holes by John Gribbin
  4. The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity by William J. Kaufmann, III
  5. Exploring the Galaxies by Simon Mitton
  6. The Universe: Its Beginning and End by Lloyd Motz
  7. Black Holes, Quasars and the Universe by Harry L. Shipman
  8. The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
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  Blowing Their Tops (Review)
  Kirtley F. Mather
  , pp. 524-525
  Volcanoes of the Earth, by Fred M. Bullard
  1. Volcanoes of the Earth by Fred M. Bullard
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  On All Our Houses (2 Reviews)
  Jane Oppenheimer
  , pp. 526-529
  Plagues and Peoples, by William H. McNeill
  1. Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
  2. Epidemic and Peace, 1918 by Alfred W. Crosby, Jr.
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  Forcing Speech from Stone (4 Reviews)
  Owen Gingerich
  , pp. 530-531
  The Stone Circles of the British Isles, by Aubrey Burl
  1. The Stone Circles of the British Isles by Aubrey Burl
  2. Megaliths, Myths and Men by Peter Lancaster Brown
  3. On Stonehenge by Fred Hoyle
  4. Science and Society in Prehistoric Britain by Euan W. MacKie
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  Cast of Trillions (Review)
  Paul A. Zahl
  , pp. 532-535
  Magnificent Microbes, by Bernard Dixon
  1. Magnificent Microbes by Bernard Dixon
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  Only Disconnect (Review)
  Jeremy Bernstein
  , pp. 536-537
  The Advisors, by Herbert F. York
  1. The Advisors by Herbert F. York
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  The Abstract, the Tangible, and the Hoax (3 Reviews)
  Edward Rothstein
  , pp. 538-553
  Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939, by Cora Dia...
  1. Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939 by Cora Diamond and Ludwig Wittgenstein
  2. Adventures of a Mathematician by S.M. Ulam
  3. The Incredible Dr. Matrix by Martin Gardner
- The Reader Replies, pp. 554-556
- Index, pp. 557-562