Astounding Science Fiction April 1956 (Volume 57, Number 2)
Illustrations by Kelly Freas, H. R. van Dongen. Cover by Kelly Freas (his 2nd for "Double Star.")

Novelettes: "The Dead Past" by Isaac Asimov
"Legwork" by Eric Frank Russell.

Story: "The Man Who Always Knew" by Algis Budrys.

Serial: "Double Star" (Conclusion) by Robert A. Heinlein (this won the Hugo award for best novel.)

Science: "The Curious Profession" by Leonard Lockhard.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "The Group and the Individual"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.