Discusses the achievements of the ancient Chinese in astronomy, medicine, science, and engineering, as well as such influential Chinese inventions as paper, printing, gun powder, and the compass.

Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Ross, Frank Xavier

Teen & Young Adult

Houghton/Mifflin

Traces the creation and development of one of the greatest technological developments of the twentieth century, the microchip, and describes some of the electronic products and systems that owe their existence to the chip.

The Magic Chip: Exploring Microelectronics

Children's Books

Julian Messner

Historic Plane Models: Their Stories and How to Make Them

The stories of seven history-making planes, with detailed instructions for making a model of each.

Historic plane models: their stories and how to make them

Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard

Instructions for making and flying model airplanes of today and of the future with information about the actual aircraft.

Flying Paper Airplane Models

Science & Math

Technology

William Morrow & Co.

A history, emphasizing famous cars and drivers, of the continuing attempts to drive the fastest car in the world from the 1898 record speed of thirty-nine miles per hour to today's speeds of over 600 miles per hour.

Car racing against the clock: The story of the world land speed record

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Co

Recounts the histories and performances of famous racing cars and describes procedures for making cardboard models

Historic Racing Car Models, Their Stories and How to Make Them

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Photographs of car models and historical backgrounds accompany step-by-step directions for making four antique car models from readily available materials

Antique Car Models: Their Stories and How to Make Them

Book Sales

An introduction to the space shuttle -- its history, the construction of its major systems, a typical mission, and what it means in terms of future space travel. Includes instructions for making a simple flying paper model of the spacecraft.

The space shuttle, its story and how to make a flying paper model

Astronomy & Space Science

Presents diagrams, historical notes, and detailed directions for assembling four different small-scale versions of the famous Ford Model T

The Tin Lizzie: A Model-Making Book

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Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

The Magic Chip: Exploring Microelectronics

Historic plane models: their stories and how to make them

Flying Paper Airplane Models

Car racing against the clock: The story of the world land speed record

Historic Racing Car Models, Their Stories and How to Make Them

Antique Car Models: Their Stories and How to Make Them

The space shuttle, its story and how to make a flying paper model

The Tin Lizzie: A Model-Making Book

Car racing against the clock: The story of the world land speed record