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Atoms At the Science Fair: Exhibiting Nuclear Projects · Robert G. LeCompte — chapter 4 of 7 · ~634 words · public domain

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SUGGESTED REFERENCES

The following is a partial listing of publications on science projects, science fairs, and atomic energy. Many of these publications also contain bibliographies which readers may use to multiply their source of knowledge.

Science and Science Projects

Science Projects Handbook, Shirley Moore (Ed.), Ballantine Books, Inc., New York, 1960, 254 pp., $0.50.

Ideas for Science Projects, V. Showalter and I. Slesnick, National Science Teachers Association, Washington, D. C., 1962, 53 pp., $1.00.

Wonderful World of Science, Shirley Moore and Judy Viorst, Science Service, 1719 N Street N. W., Washington, D. C., 1961, 246 pp., $0.50.

How To Do an Experiment, Philip Goldstein, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., New York, 1957, 260 pp., $2.60.

Science News Letter, published every week by Science Service, 1719 N Street N. W., Washington, D. C., single copies, $0.15; $5.50 per year.

Scientific American, published every month by Scientific American, Inc., 415 Madison Avenue, New York, single copies $0.60; $7.00 per year.

Science Projects and Science Fairs

Project Ideas for Young Scientists, John Taylor, Phoebe Knipling, and Falconer Smith, Joint Board on Science Education, Washington, D. C., 1962, 173 pp., $1.25.

Ideas for Science Fair Projects, Ronald Benrey and other winners of the National Science Fair-International, Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, 1962, 144 pp., $0.75.

Science Fair Projects, Science and Mechanics Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1962, 162 pp., $0.75.

Your Science Fair, Arden Welte, James Diamond, and Alfred Friedl, Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1959, 103 pp., $2.75.

Scientific Exhibits, Thomas Hull and Tom Jones, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Illinois, 1961, 126 pp., $6.50.

Atomic Energy and Nuclear Science Experiments and Projects

Sourcebook on Atomic Energy, Samuel Glasstone, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1958, 641 pp., $4.40.

Annual Report to Congress of the Atomic Energy Commission, available from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. (January 1964), 512 pp., $1.75.

Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research (annual report), available from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. (December 1963), 412 pp., $2.50.

Atomic Energy (including experiments), Irene Jaworski and Alexander Joseph, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., New York, 1961, 218 pp., $4.95.

Laboratory Experiments with Radioisotopes for High School Science Demonstrations, Samuel Schenberg, available from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1958, 59 pp., $0.35.

Teaching with Radioisotopes, U. S. Government Printing Office, out of print but possibly available in school libraries or science departments.

Experiments with Radioactivity, National Science Teachers Association, Washington, D. C., 1957, 20 pp., $0.50.

Atomic Energy, Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge Series, available from Official Boy Scout Distributors (at local retail stores) or from Boy Scouts of America, National Supply Service, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.

Scientific Instruments You Can Make, Helen M. Davis, Science Service, 1719 N Street N. W., Washington, D. C., 1959, 253 pp., $2.00.

Experiments with Atomics, Nelson Beeler and Franklin Branley, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1954, 160 pp., $2.50.

Atomic Experiments for Boys, Raymond F. Yates, Harper and Row Publishers, Inc., New York, 1952, 132 pp., $2.50.

Atomic Energy and Civil Defense (Price List 84) a listing of related publications available from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., free.

Preparation of Scientific and Technical Reports

How to Write Scientific and Technical Papers, Sam F. Trelease, Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1958, 185 pp., $3.25.

Writing Useful Reports, Robert E. Tuttle and C. A. Brown, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York, 1956, 635 pp., $4.75.

Technical Reporting, Joseph N. Ulman, Jr., and J. R. Gould, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., New York, 1959, 289 pp., regular edition $6.75; textbook edition $5.00.

Report Writers’ Handbook, Charles E. Van Hagan, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961, 276 pp., regular edition $9.35; textbook edition $7.00.

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