"Adventure in Small Boxes," by Herbert B. Nichols, originally appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, June 2, 1952, and is reproduced above courtesy of The Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com).
A portion of this article was reprinted by the Science Service in a 1957 flyer about Things of Science. The author was the long-time Natural Science Editor of The Christian Science Monitor and president of the National Association of Science Writers.