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Special Issue: Astronomy and Young People
Scientists and science educators pontificate about what kids
want, what kids need, what kids think. Isn't it time we listened
to the young people themselves? There are magazines by adults
for kids, by kids for kids, by adults for adults about kids;
but in this issue Mercury, inspired by the Oct. 5, 1995 New
York Times Magazine, is going to try something different:
a magazine by kids for adults. |
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The
Children of the Blue Marble, Elizabeth N. Waterhouse
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A
Culture of Disrespect, Kelly J. Smith |
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First Contact, Richard W.J. St. Clair |
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Intelligent Beings From Other Planets: Myth or Fact?, Brenda
J. Ramirez |
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A Little That Meant a Lot, Eleanor Imster |
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The 1996 ASP Essay Contest |
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Why
Do People Strive To Develop Science?, Caroline Poon
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Our Benefits or Our Faults, Anh Le |
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Does Science Really Matter to Young People? Catherine Beadle
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Following the Stars, Angie Brutger |
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Measuring Stellar Variability, Mary A. Dombrowski |
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Departments
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Editorial,
George Musser
A tale of two science centers |
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Letters to the Editor |
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Newswire, Leo P. Connolly
Spend the summer at an observatory; go to the Moon, vicariously.
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Black
Holes to Blackboards,
Leisa Glennie
Where oh where, teachers wonder, will my students end up? Our
regular columnist, Jeff Lockwood, has tracked down one of his
alumni for this report. |
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Guest
Observer, James C. White
II and Michael Vincent Mecca Durisen
Observing a partial lunar eclipse.This month's column also features
a report on Jupiter-observing from young California amateur
Rigel Smiroldo. |
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SkyChart and SkyTalk, Robert A. Garfinkle and Annmarie Garfinkle
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Last Page
Art and creative writing from kids in California, Oregon, Trinidad,
and India. |
