Part Ⅰ Articles on Science and Technology 1 Ⅰ–1 Safe Sex for Your Computer ……………………………………………………1 Ⅰ–2 Caught in the Web of the Internet ………………………………………………2 Ⅰ–3 Why Cloning of Humans Must Forever Be Seen as Unethical ………………..5 Ⅰ–4 The Ancient History of the Internet ………………………………………… ….7 Ⅰ–5 The World of E-Books Is Here …………………………………………………. 10 Ⅰ–6 Will Your PC Crash on January 1, 2000? 12 Ⅰ–7 Technology and Its Positive Impacts on Kids 15 Ⅰ–8 What’s New in the Computer World? 17 Ⅰ–9 Hackers Are Enemy Number One on the Internet 19 Ⅰ–10 The Secret Hacker Wars 21 Ⅰ–11 New Evidence Supports Global Warming Theory .23 Ⅰ–12 Electric Tales-21st Century Books 25 Ⅰ–13 El Nino, La Nina Cause Floods 27 Ⅰ–14 Independent NASA Satellite Measurements ConfirmEl Nino Is Back and Strong 29 Ⅰ–15 New Efforts to Learn about Planet Mars 31 Ⅰ–16 Communicating in the New Age 33 Ⅰ–17 Clothes That Change Colour in the Heat of the Moment 35 Ⅰ–18 Typing without Keys 37 Ⅰ–19 The Second Information Revolution 38 Ⅰ–20 The Fifth Force 40 Ⅰ–21 Adapting to Global Greenhouse 42 Ⅰ–22 From Apple Fall to Superstring 45 Ⅰ–23 Superconductor Search: A Race and an Obsession 47 Ⅰ–24 Death Rays in Space 49 Ⅰ–25 The Dazzle of Lasers 51 Part Ⅱ Extracts from Textbooks and Technical Journals 54 Ⅱ–1 The Internet: Bringing Order from Chaos 54 Ⅱ–2 Introduction to Data Communications .55 Ⅱ–3 An Introduction to Computer Aided Circuit Design 59 Ⅱ–4 Separating Fact from Fiction 61 Ⅱ–5 Telecommunications for the 21st Century 65 Ⅱ–6 Study Aids 71 Ⅱ–7 A Few Concepts of Mathematics 73 Ⅱ–8 Physics 75 Ⅱ–9 Basic Electronics 82 Ⅱ–10 Communications Systems .89 Ⅱ–11 Digital Computer Operation 99 Ⅱ–12 Applications of Television .111 Ⅱ–13 Basic Principles of Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation 120 Ⅱ–14 Concept Formulation 130 Ⅱ–15 Connecting to the Internet via ISDN: an Overview 138 Ⅱ–16 Protecting Your Information Assets 144 Ⅱ–17 Information: Abstraction or Reality? 147 Ⅱ–18 Mathematics at Forefront of Gulf War .157 Part Ⅲ Prefaces, Editorials and Abstracts 159 Ⅲ–1 Prefaces 159 Ⅲ–2 Editorials 182 Ⅲ–3 Abstracts 188 Part Ⅳ The Miscellaneous 192 Ⅳ–1 Technical Manuals 192 Ⅳ–2 Conference Information 227 Ⅳ–3 Industry News 238 Ⅳ–4 Bulletin Board 239 Ⅳ–5 Advertisements 240 Part Ⅴ Notes and Questions 242