National Geographic March 1984
CONDITION
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MAGAZINE Acceptable,
unmarked text, reading wear, spine scraped
CONTENTS
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China’s Remote
Peoples – They are the other Chinese—nomads, farmers, monks, mountain
tribesmen—almost 70 million people in a nation exceeding a billion. Journalist
Wong How-Man travels 11,000 miles to visit China’s little-known “national
minorities.”
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The Laser: “A
Splendid Light” – Dazzling in its uses, the laser taps the awesome power of
light for technologies form medicine to the military. Allen A Boraiko and
Chares O’Rear illuminate its bright promise.
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The Wonder of
Holography – Interacting streams of laser light create three-dimensional images
that intrigue artists, foil counterfeiters, and pinpoint industrial flaws. Dr.
H John Caulfield reports, with photographs by Charles O’Rear.
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Canada’s Not-So-Wild
West – Once a tough little cow town, Calgary is now the flamboyant oil capital
of Canada. David Boyer and photographer Ottmar Bierwagen chronicle its
rough-and-tumble ride on fortune’s wheel.
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They’re Killing Off
the Rhino – From Africa to the Far East, this powerful but venerable behemoth
is rapidly disappearing. Conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin and photographer
Jim Brandenburg track the rhino form its shrinking habitat to far-flung
market-places that spur its demise.
COVER
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A miniature model of
a bald eagle appears in three dimensions in a hologram produced by the American
Bank Note Company. The image is best viewed under a single light source.
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