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Supercomputers
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Charlene W. Billings |
Discusses the history, technology, and importance of supercomputers, and includes examples of their use, describing advances for the twenty-first century. |
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Christa McAuliffe
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Charlene W. Billings |
Describes the "life before stardom" and selection of a New Hampshire teacher as the first private citizen to go into space, her training as an astronaut, and the shuttlecraft disaster that ended her … |
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Fiber optics
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Charlene W. Billings |
Discusses the history, manufacture, operation, and future of optical fibers, used as a method of transmitting information through light. |
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Grace Hopper
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Charlene W. Billings |
Traces the life of the scientist who, as well as having a distinguished career in the Navy, was a pioneer contributor to computer science and is known as the grandmother of the computer age. |
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Microchip
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Charlene W. Billings |
Explains what a microchip is, what it is used for, how it is made, and how it works. |
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Pesticides
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Charlene W. Billings |
Examines the history and uses of pesticides, their advantages and disadvantages, their regulation, and the idea that they are a necessary risk in order to feed the world. |
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Salamanders
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Charlene W. Billings |
Discusses various species of salamanders and how to collect and keep them as pets. |
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Scorpions
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Charlene W. Billings |
Discusses members of the order Scorpionida, the lobster-shaped venomous arachnids that thrive the world over, including their physiology, life cycle, habits, and behavior. |
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Superconductivity
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Charlene W. Billings |
Discusses the development of new and different types of materials intended to conduct energy more efficiently and how they may be used. |
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Space station
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Charlene W. Billings |
Describes the design, functions, and possible methods of construction of the permanently manned space station proposed by NASA and projects what it will be like to live and work there. |
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