Billings, Charlene W

Discusses the life cycle of the spring peeper and the capture and care of this tiny tree frog as a pet.

A Skylight Book.

Explains what a microchip is, what it is used for, how it is made, and how it works.

Discusses the history, manufacture, operation, and future of optical fibers, used as a method of transmitting information through light.

Discusses the development of new and different types of materials intended to conduct energy more efficiently and how they may be used.

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.

Discusses members of the order Scorpionida, the lobster-shaped venomous arachnids that thrive the world over, including their physiology, life cycle, habits, and behavior.

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.

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 shuttle disaster that ended her life.