January/February 2003
In This Issue January/February 2003
Volume 24, Issue 1
Self Portrait as Target by Otto Dix, 1918.
© 2003 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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Features
The Amazing Adding Subtracting Composing Creating Do-Everything Machine
An English countess creates the basis for computer software.
By Paulette W. CampbellPartners of the Heart
An unconventional partnership leads to an advance in cardiac surgery.
By Ronica RothThe Trial of a Young Nation
John Marshall's Supreme Court makes a landmark decision establishing the power of judicial review.
By Charles F. HobsonStrange Alliances
With the fates of North America still uncertain, the French and three Indian tribes raid a British settlement.
By Maggie RiechersLives of Famous Men
Two books may hold clues to murals destroyed in fire five centuries ago.
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Departments
Conversation
History in a Democratic Age
Historian John Lukacs talks with Chairman Bruce Cole about world figures who shaped the last century.
Executive Function
Donald Simmons of South Dakota
Donald Simmons celebrates the Great Expedition in South Dakota.
By Laura Wolff ScanlanEdNote