The New York Times Magazine, Sunday, August 22, 1999
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Times</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>Sunday</strong>, June 6, <strong>1999</strong><br />
Letters<br />
From the June 27<br />
issue of the<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>.<br />
THE MILLENNIUM<br />
ISSUES<br />
Women: <strong>The</strong><br />
Shadow Story of<br />
the Millennium<br />
Faith, fertility,<br />
politics, imagery,<br />
sex, irritation and<br />
hope.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Best of the<br />
Last 1,000 Years<br />
Best Stories, Best<br />
Inventions, Best<br />
Ideas. <strong>The</strong> first of<br />
the six special<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> issues.<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> Cover<br />
What <strong>The</strong>y Carried<br />
Forget Gore-Tex and polar fleece. For most of this<br />
millennium, all an explorer needed was a<br />
compass, a buckskin jacket and a plate of lichen.<br />
By David E. Brown<br />
On the Road With God's Fool<br />
How St. Francis lost everything and found his<br />
way. By Gretel Ehrlich<br />
SLIDE SHOW: St. Francis of Assisi<br />
Points of No Return<br />
Mapping the millennium: <strong>The</strong> globe is dotted with<br />
posthumous reminders that adventure is risky<br />
business. By Stephen Mihm<br />
Under the Tongue of the Ocean<br />
A novelist sent to the bottom of the sea finds<br />
illumination in the darkest of places.<br />
By Robert Stone<br />
VIDEO: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution<br />
SLIDE SHOW: On the Dive<br />
Only on the Web<br />
Hubble's Human Brain<br />
A novelist sent to explore the cosmos meets the<br />
people behind the telescope. By Bruce Duffy<br />
VIDEO: Animations From the Hubble Telescope<br />
Overheard at the Explorer's Club<br />
A cartoon by Stan Mack.<br />
Not Because It's <strong>The</strong>re<br />
It took admiring climbers like Petrarch and<br />
Cèzanne to put mountains on the map.<br />
By Michael Kimmelman<br />
SLIDE SHOW: Cézanne's Ste.-Victoire<br />
Journey to the Center of My<br />
Mind<br />
Brain scans can locate the home of memory and<br />
the land of language. <strong>The</strong>y may eventually help to<br />
map consciousness. By Stephen Hall<br />
AUDIO SPECIAL: An Interview With Stephen Hall<br />
One if by Land, Two if by Sea,<br />
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contemplation.com<br />
By Pico Iyer<br />
Style<br />
Have Duvet, Will<br />
Travel<br />
Whether her<br />
destination is<br />
Marrakech or Mars,<br />
the woman of the<br />
future is a creature<br />
of comfort.<br />
Photographs by<br />
Warwick Saint<br />
Food<br />
Going to Extremes<br />
Toungue torturers<br />
and palate<br />
educators. By Molly<br />
O'Neill<br />
Endpaper<br />
Bad Trips<br />
A log of explorers<br />
who should have<br />
stayed in bed that<br />
day. By John Tierney<br />
Adventure Quotes
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