Mercury Magazine Contents
Vol. 30 No. 5
September/October 2001

Page	Article
17	Pas de Deux, Marcia Bartusiak The Nobel-Prize-winning discovery of indirect evidence of gravitational waves came about due to one part ingenuity, one part serendipity, and two parts sheer obstinacy.
24	LIGO: Hearing the Gravitational-Wave Universe, Kenneth G. Libbrecht A team of physicists is opening a new window to the universe, the realm of ripples in space-time.
30	How the Sun Shines, John Bahcall After nearly two centuries of debate, recent neutrino experiments have solidified our understanding of solar energy production.
38	Copernicus’s Neglected Successor, Jason Best, Sara Maene, Peter Usher Thomas Digges was the first to envision a physically infinite universe of stars, but his contribution is often overlooked.
	Departments
4	Editorial, Robert Naeye Opening Windows (Not the Microsoft Kind)
5	Society Scope
9	Astronomy Newsflash, Debra Fischer A Planetary System Similar to Ours
10	Research Notebook, Christopher J. Conselice Not Just Planets
11	Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham The Kuiper Belt and Beyond
12	Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Building a Supermassive Black Hole
13	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher Radio Stars
14	Astronomer’s Scrapbook, William Sheehan Reflections on Mars
15	Observer’s Page, John Shibley Surveying Fall Doubles
16	Focus on Education, Lou Mayo Needs of a New Breed of Scientist
C1	Sky Map and Sky Talk, Richard Talcott
42	Book Review, Thomas Haeberle Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...And Beyond (by Lawrence M. Krauss)

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