1 SPACE TECHNOLOGY 1
Return to the Moon 1
The Last Big Bang？ 14
2 INFORMATION SCIENCE 18
Stampede on the Superhighway 18
The Complete Survival Guide to the Information Superhighway 30
3 EVERYDAY SCIENCE 36
Glass:On the Cutting Edge 36
Plastics in the Home 50
4 FOCUS ON WRITING 56
Formal Letters in English 56
5 SPORTS SCIENCE 66
High Tech Olympians 66
Developing an Optimal Scoring System with a Special Emphasis on Volleyball 81
6 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 89
The Robot Farm 89
Guide to Authors 99
7 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 105
Traffic Technology Drives to Clear the Roads 105
Factors in the Development of Transportation 116
8 FOCUS ON WRITING 121
Using Statistics 121
9 ARCHITECTURE 132
When Home is a Concrete Tank 132
Building parts Fit for Change 144
10 MILITARY SCIENCE 151
The Empire Strikes Back 151
The Rifle 165
11 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 170
Once and Future Landfills 170
Water Resource Management System 182
12 FOCUS ON WRITING 190
Project Description 190
13 FOOD TECHNOLOGY 199
Fried Gene Tomatoes 199
Biotechnological Innovations in Food Processing 212
14 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 217
The BiologicalSwitchboard 217
The Biological Factory 228
15 SCIENCE FICTION 232
Sleep,My Little One:Parts One＆Two 232
Spacepoem 3:Off Course 250
16 FOCUS ON WRITING 252
Using Academic Conventions 252
Answers 261
Glossary 289