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December 2019

December 2019

December 2019 ISSUE

The Curious Case of Thomas Welton Stanford

How Leland’s brother (accidentally) helped psychology come of age.

features

An Existential Moment for Democracy?

Sleep and Genes

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Essays

Just Our Luck

All Right Now

Continuously Calculating Cancer’s Chances

After 31 Years, Former 49er McColl Dons His White Coat

Good Diaper Deeds

Leland Stanford: Silicon Valley’s Original Disruptor?

Women Ask Fewer Questions in Scientific Meetings

Meet Emily Gardner

Anatomy of a New Hospital

‘Tell Us About a Relationship That Has Lasted Since Stanford’

The Day the Bomb Dropped

Over-the-Counter Cancer Tests?

‘Autofocals’ Adjust Themselves

Columns

Accelerating Stanford’s Impact

The Fascinating Stanford Family

Departments

Biblio File: What to Read Now — December 2019

Book Review: How to Do Nothing

Dialogue - December 2019

Treeunion

Farewells

Prominent Particle Physicist

Two-Time Olympian and Software Entrepreneur

Obituaries - December 2019

News

Assessing Sexual Violence Among Students

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