THE ANDES BERRY

Acclimatization in the Andes

and to renal clearance; the binding of agents to proteins; microbial resistance; defense mechanisms of the host and the nature of the lesions in relation to chemotherapy; chemoprophylaxis of meningococcal, bacillary dysentery and streptococcal infections; chemotherapy in malaria and in rickettsial and viral diseases; transcutaneous anti-biotic treatment; and experimental and clinical evaluation...

Rise of the Andes.

The surface uplift of mountain belts is generally assumed to reflect progressive shortening and crustal thickening, leading to their gradual rise. Recent studies of the Andes indicate that their elevation remained relatively stable for long periods (tens of millions of years), separated by rapid (1 to 4 million years) changes of 1.5 kilometers or more. Periodic punctuated surface uplift of moun...

The centenarians of the Andes

The Berry paradox

In early 1974, I was visiting the Watson Research Center and I got the idea of calling GSdel on the phone. I picked up the phone and called and GSdel answered the phone. I said, "Professor GSdel, I 'm fascinated by your incompleteness theorem. I have a new proof based on the Berry paradox that I 'd like to tell you about." GSdel said, "It doesn't mat ter which paradox you use." He had used a pa...

Household Archaeology in the Andes

Data from domestic contexts can be used to address significant anthropological research questions. Archaeological investigations in the Andes (areas once incorporated into the Inka empire, including northwestern Argentina, highland Bolivia, northern Chile, Ecuador, and Peru), like many parts of the world, rely on ethnohistory and ethnography to interpret the archaeological remains of domestic a...