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    约翰·马多克斯、菲利普·坎贝尔著的《自然百年科学经典(第8卷英汉对照版)(精)》是一套规模空前的《自然》论文精选集，其中第八卷收录的是国际顶尖学术期刊《自然》从1993年到1997年期间发表的经典论文61篇，这些文章由《自然》杂志主编遴选，由《自然》杂志的资身深编辑为每篇文章撰写编者按，并由国内相关领域的专家翻译成中文并审订。
    全书通过原汁原味的科学论文，回顾了自然科学各个领域（物理、化学、生物、天文、地球科学等）波澜壮阔的发展史。

The“Flickering Switch”of Late Pleistocene Climate Change
晚更新世气候变化的“闪电变换”
Recent Change of Arctic Tundra Ecosystems from a Net Carbon Dioxide Sink
to a Source
近期北极冻原生态系统由净二氧化碳汇到源的转变
Effects of an Endothermic Phase Transition at 670 km Depth in a Spherical
Model of Convection in the Earth’S Mantle
地球内部670 km深度处的矿物吸热相变对地幔对流模式的影响
SNAP Receptors Implicated in Vesicle Targeting and Fusion
囊泡靶向及融合过程中SNAP受体的功能
Discovery ofthe Candidate Kuiper Belt Object 1992 QB
柯伊伯带天体候选体1992 QB，的发现
SuperconductiVity above 130 Kin the Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O System
Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O体系在130 K以上时的超导性
Single-shell Carbon Nanotubes of 1一nm Diameter
直径1 nm的单层碳纳米管
Cobalt-catalysed Growth of Carbon Nanotubes with Single-atomic-layer Walls
具有单原子层管壁的碳纳米管的钴催化生长
The Displacement Field of the Landers Earthquake Mapped by Radar
Interferometry
雷达干涉测量技术得到的兰德斯地震位移场
Climate Instability during the Last Interglacial Period Recorded in the GRIP
Ice Core
GRIP冰芯记录的末次间冰期气候的不稳定性
Evidence for General Instability of Past Climate from a 250一kyr Ice-core Record
冰芯记录的过去25万年来总体气候不稳定性的证据
Extending the Vostok Ice-core Record of Palaeoclimate to the Penultimate
Glacial Period
把沃斯托克冰芯的古气候记录延伸至倒数第二次冰期
B-cell Apoptosis Induced by Antigen Receptor Crosslinking is Blocked by a
T-cell Signal Through CD40
T细胞通过CD40抑制抗原受体交联引起的B细胞凋亡
Correlations between Climate Records from North Atlantic Sediments and
Greenland Ice
北大西洋沉积物与格陵兰冰芯气候记录之间的相关性
Music and Spatial Task Performance。
音乐和空间任务表现
Possible Gravitational Microlensing of a Star in the Large Magellanic Cloud
大麦哲伦云的一颗恒星可能存在微引力透镜效应
Evidence for Gravitational Microlensing by Dark Objects in the Galactic Halo
利用微引力透镜效应发现银晕中存在暗天体的证据
A Search for Life on Earth from the Galileo Spacecraft
用伽利略木星探测器探测地球生命
Total Synthesis of Tax01
紫杉醇的全合成
A Cell Initiating Human Acute Myeloid Leukaemia after TranspIantatiOn into
SCID Mice
一种植入SCID小鼠中引发人急性髓性白血病的细胞
2．2 Mb of Contiguous Nucleotide Sequence from Chromosome III of C elegans
秀丽隐杆线虫3号染色体上的2．2 Mb连续核苷酸序列
The First Skull and Other New Discoveries ofAustralopithecus afarensis at
Hadar，Ethiopia
在埃塞俄比亚的哈达尔发现的第一例南方古猿阿法种的头骨和其他新发现
Deuterium Abundance and Background Radiation Temperature in
High·redshift Primordial Clouds
高红移原初气体云中的氘丰度和背景辐射温度
A Diverse New Primate Fauna from Middle Eocene Fissure-fillings in
Southeastern China
中国东南部中始新世裂隙堆积中新发现的一个多样化灵长类动物群
Chemical Self-repIication of Palindromic Duplex DNA
回文双链DNA的化学自我复制
Self-repIicatiOn ofComplementary Nucleotide-based Oligomers
互补配对的寡聚核苷酸的自我复制
Testing the Iron Hypothesis in Ecosystems of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean．
在赤道太平洋海域生态系统中对铁假说的验证
Iron Limitation of Phytoplankton Photosynthesis in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean
赤道太平洋海域铁对浮游植物光合作用的限制
A ustralopithecus ramidus，a New Species of Early Hominid flrom Aramis，Ethiopia
在埃塞俄比亚的阿拉米斯发现的一种新型的早期原始人类物种
--南方古猿始祖种
Evidence from Gravity and Topography Data for Folding ofTibet
青藏高原的褶皱作用：来自重力和地形资料的证据
DNA Fingerprinting Dispute Laid to Rest．
DNA指纹分析争议的平息
Distance to the Virgo Cluster Galaxy M1 00 frOm Hubble Space Telescope
Observations ofCepheids
由哈勃空间望远镜观测造父变星到室女星系团成员星系M100的距离
Massive Iceberg Discharges as Triggers for Global Climate Change
大规模冰筏涌出是全球气候变化的触发器
Positional Cloning of the Mouse obese Gene and Its Human Homologue
小鼠肥胖基因及其人类同源基因的定位克隆
Viral Dynamics in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection
人免疫缺陷病毒1型感染的病毒动力学研究
Rapid Turnover of Plasma Virions and CD4 Lymphocytes in HIV-1 lnfection
HIV一1感染患者血浆内病毒粒子和CD4淋巴细胞的快速更新
A Plio-Pleistocene Hominid from Dmanisi，East Georgia，Caucasus
在高加索格鲁吉亚东部的德马尼西发现的上新世一更新世时期的原始人类
GraVitatiOnally Redshifted Emission Implying an Accretion Disk and Massive
Black Hole in the Active Galaxy MCG-6-30-15
活动星系MCG一6-30-15的引力红移辐射暗示吸积盘和大质量黑洞的存在
A Three-dimensional Self-consistent Computer Simulation of a Geomagnetic
Field Reversal．
地磁场倒转的三维自洽计算机模拟
Bifurcations of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation in Response to Changes
in the Hydrological Cycle
大西洋热盐环流的分岔对水文循环的响应
A Jupiter-mass Companion to a Solar-type Star
类太阳恒星的一个类木伴星
Sequence Variation ofthe Human Y Chromosome  
人类Y染色体的序列变异
Asymmetric Autocatalysis and Amplification of Enantiomeric Excess of a
Chiral Molecule  
不对称自催化与手性分子对映体过量值的放大
Sheep Cloned by NuclearTransferfrom a Cultured Cell Line
从体外培养的细胞系中通过核移植获得克隆羊的方法
A Comprehensive Genetic Map ofthe Mouse Genome
一张高精度的小鼠基因组遗传图谱
Orbital Migration of the Planeta ry Companion of 51 Pegasi to Its Present Locatiol
飞马座51的行星型伴星轨道迁移到现在位置的过程
A 3．5一Gyr-old Galaxy at Redshift 1．55
红移1．55处的一个年龄为3．5 Gyr的星系
A Search for Human Influences on the Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere
人类对大气温度结构影响的研究
Seismological Evidence for Differential Rotation of the Earth’S Inner Core
地球内核差异性旋转的地震学证椐
A DNA-based Method for Rationally Assembling Nanoparticles into
Macroscopic Materials
一种基于DNA将纳米颗粒合理组装成宏观材料的方法
Organization of“Nanocrystal Molecules”Using DNA
利用DNA来实现“纳米晶体分子”的组装
Discovery of Ganymede’S Magnetic Field by the Galileo Spacecraft
伽利略木星探测器发现木卫三的磁场
Gravitational Scattering as a Possible Origin for Giant Planets at Small
Stellar Distances
引力散射是近邻巨行星的可能起源
2．5-million-year-old Stone Tools from Gona，Ethiopia
埃塞俄比亚戈纳发现250万年前石制工具
Viable Offspring Derived from Fetal and Adult Mammalian Cells
胎儿和成年哺乳动物的细胞可以产生存活后代
Evidence for Deep Mantle Circulation frOm Global Tomography
深部地幔流动的全球层析成像证据
Transient Optical Emission from the Error Box of the Y-ray Burst of
28 February 1997
1997年2月28日伽马射线暴误差框内的暂现光学辐射
Spectral Constraints on the Redshift of the Optical Counterpart to the
Y-ray Burst of8 May 1997
对1997年5月8日伽马射线暴光学对应体红移的光谱限制
Size and Morphology ofthe Chicxulub Impact Crater
希克苏鲁伯撞击坑的大小和形态
Experimental Quantum Teleportation
量子隐形传态实验
Localization of Light in a Disordered Medium
无序介质中光的局域化
Appendix：Index by Subject
附录：学科分类目录