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Billings, Charlene W. Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1989.

Billings, Charlene W. Lasers: The New Technology of Light. New York: Facts on File, 1992.

Boon, Kevin Alexander. The Human Genome Project: What Does Decoding DNA Mean for Us. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002.

Dash, Joan. The Triumph of Discovery: Women Scientists Who Won the Nobel Prize. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Julian Messner, 1991.

Drieman, J.E. Atomic Dawn: A Biography of Robert Oppenheimer. Minneapolis, MN: Dillon Press, 1989.

Dukert, Joseph M. Nuclear Ships of the World. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973.

Edelson, Edward. Francis Crick and James Watson and the Building Blocks of Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Fridell, Ron. DNA Fingerprinting: The Ultimate Identity. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001.

Gardner, Robert. Health Science Projects About Heredity. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2001.

Gonzales, Doreen. The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb in American History. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2000.

Lampton, Christopher. Wernher von Braun. New York: Franklin Watts, 1988.

Larsen, Rebecca. Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. New York: Franklin Watts, 1988.

Nardo, Don. Lasers: Humanity's Magic Light. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1990.

Newton, David E. James Watson and Francis Crick: Discovery of the Double Helix and Beyond. New York: Facts on File, 1992.

Northrup, Mary. American Computer Pioneers. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998.

Rummel, Jack. Robert Oppenheimer: Dark Prince. New York: Facts on File, 1992.

Senker, Cath. Rosalind Franklin. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.

Sherrow, Victoria. James Watson and Francis Crick: Decoding the Secrets of DNA. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch Press, 1995.

Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane K. Moser. Wernher von Braun: Space Visionary and Rocket Engineer. New York: Facts on File, 1995.

Thro, Ellen. Robotics: The Marriage of Computers and Machines. New York, Facts on File, 1993.

Topalian, Elyse. Margaret Sanger. New York: Franklin Watts, 1984.

Whitelaw, Nancy. Margaret Sanger: "Every Child a Wanted Child. " New York: Dillon Press, 1994.

WEB SITES

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Biographies: Louis Leakey. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/lleakey.html (accessed on August 9, 2002).

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Sakharov's H-Bomb. http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/1990/o90/o90bethe.html (accessed on August 9, 2002).

Timeline, 1950. http://hammer.prohosting.com/~penz/computer/time1950.htm (accessed on August 9, 2002).

USAF Museum. http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/50th/event50.htm (accessed on August 9, 2002).