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  • Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer

    Charlene W. Billings

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 1989)
    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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  • Christa McAuliffe: Pioneer Space Teacher

    Charlene W. Billings

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 1986)
    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 life
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  • Supernatural Signs, Symbols, and Codes

    Arlene Billings, Beryl Dhanjal

    Library Binding (Rosen Pub Group, Dec. 15, 2011)
    Looks at signs, symbols, and codes throughout history, including pyramids, hearts, and pentagrams.

  • Superconductivity

    Charlene W. Billings

    Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers, May 9, 1991)
    A look at superconductivity--the flow of electricity through cooled mercury--describes what it is; its structure and features; and its potential uses in computers, medicine, transmission of power, and communication
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  • Scorpions

    Charlene Billings

    Library Binding (Putnam Pub Group, March 1, 1983)
    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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  • Pesticides: Necessary Risk

    Charlene W. Billings

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 1993)
    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.

  • Supercomputers: Shaping the Future

    Charlene W. Billings

    Library Binding (Facts on File, Aug. 16, 1995)
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  • Lasers: The New Technology of Light

    Charlene W. Billings

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Oct. 1, 1992)
    An introduction to laser technology discusses how lasers have moved from the stuff of science fiction to practical everyday applications in scientific research, medicine, traffic control, security devices, and much more.
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  • The Loon: Voice of the Wilderness

    Charlene W. Billings

    Library Binding (Putnam Pub Group, Oct. 1, 1988)
    Follows a pair of common loons from spring mating to fall migration and discusses the survival problems facing the "great northern diver."
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  • Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer

    Charlene W. Billings

    Hardcover (Enslow publishers inc., March 15, 1989)
    From back of book: "This book introduces us to Grace Murray Hoper, often called the grandmother of the computer age. Actually, she has had three successful careers - as computer expert, officer in the U.S. Navy, and teacher. Grace Hopper joined the U.S. Naval reserve as a lieutienant (jg) during World War II. After over forty years of outstanding service, she retired in 1986 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Early in her career, Grace Hopper became facinated with computers. She worked on the programming for the Mark I, an early computer that was fifty-one feet long, and developed COBOL, a programming language still in use today...."

  • Space station: Bold new step beyond earth

    Charlene W Billings

    Hardcover (Dodd, Mead, March 15, 1986)
    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.

  • Lasers: New Technology Of Light,the

    Charlene W Billings

    Paperback (Universities Press, Feb. 22, 2000)
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