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Description Smithsonian - February 2012 English | PDF | 103 pages | 31 mb Smithsonian Magazine takes you on a journey through history, science, world culture and technology with breathtaking images from around the world. FEATURES 38 Gold Fever Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin BY DONOVAN WEBSTER, PHOTORAPHS BY RON HAVIV 52 Mystique of the Mother Road Stretches of iconic Route 66 are back on the map, thanks partly to-voila! -foreign tourists BY DAVID LAMB, PHOTOGRAPHS BY CATHERINE KARNOW 60 The Orchid Olympics Breeders from 19 countries put their creations to the test at the 20th World Orchid Conference in Singapore BY SOMALI ROY, PHOTOGRAPHS BY JG BRYCE 70 Mad for Dickens Two centuries after his birth, the novelist is still wildly popular, as a theme park, a new movie and countless festivals attest BY JOSHUA HAMMER, PHOTOGRAPHS BY STUART CONWAY 84 Ancient Modernism Surprisingly sophisticated portraits done 2.000 years ago in Egypt rival much more recent works DEPARTMENTS 3 From the Editor OBJECTS OF DESIRE 4 Letters "DARROW IN THE DOCK" 6 Indelible Images THE OTHER MAN Was Leonardo da Vinci's famous anatomical chart actually a collaborative effort? BY TOBY LESTER 13 Wild Things TOOLS OF THE RAVEN 14 Now on Our Website 16 Profile READY OR NOT Seismologist Lucy Jones is trying to prepare Americans for the next "big one" BY AMY WALLACE 25 Around the Mall TIME IN A BOTTLE 26 Q&A DAVID ADJAYE 30 THE OBJECT AT HANO EGYPTIAN MUMMY 32 FROM THE CASTLE ICONS AND INSIGHTS 34 HERE & NOW MARINE AVIATORS 37 Interview ERIC KLiNENBERG The benefits of living alone 90 Presence of Mind EXPLAINING EVIL Recently reissued. William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading BY RON ROSENBAUM 108 Fast Forward A BIG MOVE ON THE COVER Charles Dickens remains a towering presence In culture high and low. ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES VICTORE Related Torrents
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