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Who Added the “Micro” to Gravity?

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Books, Pamphlets, and Periodicals

American Society of American Engineers: Heat
Transfer in Microgravity Systems: Presentation at 1994
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, 1994.

Lafferty, Peter: Force and Motion, Dorling Kindersley
Books, 1992.

Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for
the Human Exploration and Development of Space
and Planetary Bodies, National Academy Press, 1999.

Partin, Beth; Microgravity, Livingston Press, 1999.

Videos

Controlled Gravity, 1996

Infinity Series, part 2 – Deep Space: Dance of Gravity

Laws of Gravity,Trese, 1991

Web Sites

http://microgravity.msfc.nasa.gov
http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov
http://microgravity.hq.nasa.gov
http://nasakids.com
http://nasaexplorers.com

Figure This!
Offers mathematics Challenges that middle school students can do at home with their families to emphasize the importance of a high-quality mathematics education for all.
http://www.figurethis.org

Engineer Girl
Part of the National Academy of Engineering's Celebration of Women in the Engineering project.  The project brings national attention to the opportunity that engineering represents to people of all ages, but particularly to women and girls.
http://www/engineergirl.org

National Council Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
http://www.nctm.org


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