FIELD NOTES
R. Scott Appleby on Islamic fundamentalism's worldwide reach/
Marshall Berman on New York's grief

INSIDE PUBLISHING
When Hindus ate beef/
Jim Crow remembered/
Why doesn't everybody love Raymond Aron?/
Snubbing Lenin

BREAKTHROUGH BOOKS
Media

HYPOTHESES
Jim Holt on the political uses of a mathematical axiom.

Why the West?
Before Europe became a dominant force in the world, it was a small and peripheral backwater. Was its ascendancy well earned or a fluke? Historians square off.
BY GALE STOKES

Stutter, Memory
Six decades ago, a speech pathologist named Wendell Johnson attempted to turn a group of children into stutterers. Was his science as dubious as his ethics?
BY MICHAEL ERARD

Terms of Engagement
In Macedonia, winning the war of words is half the battle. A report from a conflict-riddled country divided by language.
BY LAURA SECOR

The Submergence of Man
Like dolphins, we have smooth, hairless skin. Like whales, we can hold our breath. And like seals, we're fatty. So why have we ignored the Aquatic Ape Theory?
BY GAVIN McNETT