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BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Wendy Zellner |
Sam Walton: King Of The Discounters The legendary retailer Sam Walton, relentlessly studied and borrowed from rivals. |
Science News July 31, 2004 |
From the July 28, 1934, Issue Twelve Swamp Dinosaurs Found by Museum Party... Old Violin Makers' Secrets Revealed by x-Ray Analysis... Cancer Caused by Virus Present in Even Normal Cells... |
Outside August 2004 Mark Jenkins |
Goodnight Sweet Prince The French pilot/poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery spent his life defying and outflying death. Then it caught up. |
Aviation History July 29, 2004 Craig Roberts |
It Flies Like a Hummingbird The road to wedding helicopter ascents with fixed-wing speed was paved with bizarre flying contraptions. |
Aviation History July 27, 2004 Walter A. Musciano |
Condor Legion: Luftwaffe in Spanish Skies During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain's skies. |
Aviation History July 27, 2004 Ron Gilliam |
Around the World in The Flying Carpet In 1931, when Richard Halliburton needed a new kind of travel adventure to write about, Lindbergh's transatlantic flight inspired him to fly to the far corners of the world. But he would do so with a latter-day 'Flying Carpet.' |
Aviation History July 27, 2004 Bud Walker |
Captain John Miller In the 1930's, the test pilot had what it took to fly the weird ones -- the autogiro and the Grumman J2F Duck. |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Adam Aston |
Charles H. Townes: The Light Fantastic Charles H. Townes patented the laser in 1959 and won a Nobel prize five years later. |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Hardy Green |
Little Big Man Oxford historian Alistair Horne has added a short, highly entertaining volume to the pile books on Napoleon Bonaparte. "The Age of Napoleon" is a tonic for those wanting to rejuvenate their History 101 gray matter. |
Science News July 24, 2004 |
From the July 21, 1934, Issue Artificial Lightning More Powerful Than Nature's... 200 Elms Killed Daily by Dutch Elm Disease in East... Find Zinc Essential in Animal Diet... |
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