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James Smithson's legacy
The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
September 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Fakahatchee Ghosts
But no exorcisms, please these rare orchids are the stars of a hit movie and a best-selling book
August 2003 |
By Jack McClintock
To Fly!
A new book traces the Wright brothers' triumph 100 years ago to an innovative design and meticulous attention to detail
April 2003 |
By James Tobin
Mr. Lincoln's Washington
The house where the conspirators hatched their heinous plot now serves sushi, and the yard where they were hanged is a tennis court.
April 2003 |
By Christopher Buckley
Journal of the Plague Years
Two courageous pioneers showed how a fearsome scourge could be defeated
April 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Henry Kissinger on Vietnam
Henry Kissinger's new book revisits America's troubled extrication from Indochina
March 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Once Upon a Time
Children's books by celebrities are as old as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Here are our favorites
March 2003 |
By Smithsonian magazine
Dividing the Spoils
In a new book, historian Michael Beschloss re-creates the 1945 Potsdam Conference at which Harry Truman found his presidential voice and determined the shape of postwar Europe
December 2002 |
By Michael Beschloss
Book Excerpt: Supergerm Warfare
Dragon's drool, frog's glands and shark's stomachs have all been recruited for the fight against drug-resistant bacteria
October 2002 |
By Michael Shnayerson and Mark J. Plotkin
Astronomy's New Stars
Thanks to new technology, backyard stargazers have traveled light-years of late to join professionals in mapping the heavens
September 2002 |
By Timothy Ferris
