A review of the sciences.
Introduced by Colin Riach.

So You Want to Be An Inventor?
The Golden Age of invention, when Edison almost casually turned out device after epoch-making device, has faded. Today's inventors struggle against exploding technology, the buying power of great industries, and taxation problems to make their leaps into the unknown. What makes an inventor tick? How can he use the mass of scientific data available to him? Four inventors describe their approach to the questions confronting them.

The Severed Hand
An account of a remarkable surgical operation recently performed in China.