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Daniel talks to Tom Levenson, author of "Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science" (Simon and Schuster). Levenson says that during the Enlightenment, scientists thought that they could explain and understand everything in the universe, but that really isn't true.

Daniel talks with Greg Pearson, Director of the newly opened National Bowling Stadium in Reno Nevada. The American Bowling Congress celebrates its 100th anniversary this weekend. In conjunction with the opening of the Stadium, 90-thousand bowlers are in Reno and Pearson talks about the status of the sport of Bowling. 3:30 Funding Credit (:29) Cross Promo (:29) Station Break Forward Promo (:29) Headlines

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR REPORTER MARIA HINOJOSA ABOUT HER NEW BOOK "CREWS - GANG MEMBERS TALK TO MARIA HINOJOSA" PUBLISHED BY HARCOURT BRACE & COMPANY.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO, ON THE LATEST IN THE FIGHTING BETWEEN INDIAN REBELS AND THE MEXICAN ARMY.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MICHELLE LOVRIC WHO COMPILED A BOOK OF OLD LOVE LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE TITLED "LOVE LETTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PASSION," PUBLISHED BY MARLOWE & CO.

Daniel talks to the mayor of Puyallup, Washington, Mike Deal, who was forced to drop an anti-smoking initiative when area restaurants, backed by the major tobacco companies sued him and his city council. Deal says the council realized there were other pressing needs for the city.

B-I - Daniel talks with Diarmuid Jeffreys, author of "The Bureau - Inside the Modern FBI" (Hougton Mifflin). Jeffreys discusses a period during the 1980's when the FBI investigated people belonging to peace and activist groups that were critical of U.S. policies in Latin America. Jeffreys says this period was reminescent of other dark periods in the Bureau when the FBI turned its attention towards investigating people in the U.S. based largely on their political views.

NPR's Anne Garrels visited several villages in the southern part of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya and reports that residents are divided as to whether to continue fighting Russian troops. The Russians have occupied the capitol Grozny for several weeks.

Daniel talks to Laurie Garrett, author of the book, "The Coming Plague." She says that there are more antibiotic-resistant microbes and diseases that resist conventional medications now than ever before, and that they are spreading rapidly throughout the world because people and goods are travelling more than ever.

Daniel speaks with Silas Cochise, a tribal council member of the Mescalero-Apache Indian tribe in New Mexico. This week the tribe decided not to allow the federal government to bury nuclear wastes on their lands.