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California Institute of Tethnotog), Pasadena, CaliforuIa 91125 Chaqe N e w 5 v 0 I u m e <4 2, N u m b • r I 200 8 I n T h 5 I 5 5 U e Brain Bytes Thirteen Questions Energy Imprints and The Price of Taste Cal fornia Institute of Technology .. N e w s , A Book for the Curious Brain 3 Sam Wang '86 wants us to know our own minds. Baker's Dozen with Anneila Sargent 6 Caltech's new vice president for student affairs talks about Scotland, stars, and serendipity, among other topics. 10 The Sun Also Catalyzes Could laser printers rewrite the book on solar energy? Also in this issue Caltech commencement speaker, new NAE fellows, groundbreakings galore, astronomical gifts, and cosmic technology (on the back-page poster). ON THE COVER Mind over matter? The cover image may Picture Credits: Cover, 2,4, 5, 9, 15-Robert Paz; 3, 10, II-Doug Cummings; 3-Blooms look like an experiment in levitation, but bury USA, Laura Straus; 4-Royce Carlton; 4, 5-Herb Shoebridge; 6-Cathy Hill; 8-1985 it's actually sophomore Stephanie Schulze Big T; 9-Ken Britten; lO-Heidi Aspaturian; 12-Bruce Parkinson; 13-Ted Jenkins; of the Caltech swimming and diving team 14-Mark Parisi and Mary Johnson; Back Cover-TMT Observatory. Cover design and practicing her forward somersault pike poster design by Mike Rogers and Doug Cummings in February at the Alumni Pool. While the . floating cloud and snow-capped mountains in the background are real, they were Issued four times a year and published by the California Institute of Technology and the levitated into the image thanks to the Alumni Association, 1200 East California Blvd ., Pasadena, California 91125.
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