November/December 2004
Cover Story
Buoyed by a federal grant to develop digital research tools, Stanford's computer science department turned its graduate students loose on an intriguing problem-solving exercise. Ten years later, their work has produced virtually every significant Internet search innovation and spawned the world's most popular librarian, Google
Features
Bound by Convention
Betting the Ranch
Regarding Ernest Johnson
Profiles
The Best Man
by Robert W. Putnam
The Frida of the Open Road
You, Go Guy
by Chaney Rankin
Columns
Departments
Letters To The Editor
Deliverance
Century At Stanford
by Karen Bartholomew
Admit Two
Got tickets?
by Josh Fried
Farewells
Obituaries - November/December 2004
News
Partial Progress'
Campus Notebook
Born Yesterday
Lifelike Models
Circle of Friends
Command Performance
Science Shorts
Formula for Success
Red All Over
In Praise of 'Genius'
A pair of geniuses
Know Spin Zone
Cardinal Numbers
Writers to Ohio: Please Vote
Happy Holidays-You Have a Hit
Showcase
Short Take
Shelf Life
Sports
Sweet Maples
Sports Shorts
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Modern-Day Robin Hoods
