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August 1999 Issue
August 1999 Cover
Ted Halstead, “A Politics for Generation X”; Claude M. Steele, “Thin Ice: 'Stereotype Threat' and Black College Students”; Charles Mann, “Living With Linux”; Lynna Williams, “Comparative Religion”; and much more. View Magazine
  • Thin Ice: Stereotype Threat and Black College Students
    Claude M. Steele
  • The Periodic Table of Rejected Elements
    Michael Gerber and Jonathan Schwarz
  • A Politics for Generation X
    Ted Halstead
  • Tabloid Law
    Alex Beam
  • Is Work Bad for You?
    Michael Hammer
  • Living With Linux
    Charles C. Mann
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The Periodic Table of Rejected Elements

By Michael Gerber and Jonathan Schwarz
August 1999 Issue
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The Periodic Table of Rejected Elements