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CONTENTS FOREWORD GROWTH HORMONES IN PLANTS Kenneth V. Thimann HOW THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE WORKS THE PROBLEM OF CANCER JAPANESE CHARACTER Geoffrey Gorer DANGER! DIRT! Cleaning the Air—Self-sterilising Surfaces— Abolition of Soap?—D.D.T. spells Death. METALS Sir Lawrence Bragg BIOLOGICAL FRONT Other Eyes than Ours—The Führer in the Farmyard—The Sexual Rhythm—Bigger Big Trees—The Vitamin Detector—Why Vitamins Anyway? NOT TOO FAST, NOT TOO SLOW D. D. Eley MEDICAL NEWS Better Drugs for Bigger Bugs—Imitating Living Chemistry—Antibodies—Pins and Needles—Aviation Medicine—Shipwreck Troubles—Surgical Miracle—Grafting Legs. THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE Eric M. Crook ALLERGY John Enogat PHYSICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE Eric Kraus CURIOSITIES The Most Exciting Experiment in the World — What are You Doing Now? — The Fat Lady — Your Death and Mine. STOP-PRESS: THE ATOMIC BOMB HOW TO GO ON GLOSSARY

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