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Bibliography

Here is a list of our sources for this HyperTech exhibit. Notice it includes both on- and off-line materials. Remember, nothing beats a good book.

Books

We use a lot of books to research the subjects we present in the HyperTech. Here is a (growing) list used for Get a Grip on Robotics:

McKie, Robin, The How and Why Wonder Book of ROBOTS. Price/Stern/Sloan, 1987

Brief Lessons in High Technology: A Primer on Seven Fields that are Changing our Lives. James D. Meindl, ed. Stanford Alumni Association, 1991

The McGraw-Hill Illustrated Encyclopedia of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Stand Gibilisco, ed. McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994

The Dorling Kindersley Science Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley, Inc. 1993

Markert, Linda Rae, Contemporary Technology: Innovations, Issues, and Perspectives, San Jose State University. The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc., 1993

Macaulay, David, The Way Things Work. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.

The Macmillan Visual Dictionary. Macmillan publishing Company, 1992.

In-house materials

The Tech offers exhibits on Robotics, and has compiled/produced education material for the subject for its educators. This material available for a nominal fee or by special arrangement.

Robotics for the Tech Explainers, compiled and edited by Jerry Gleason, Hewlett Packard, 10/25/95

Exploring Science and Technology at the Tech Museum of Innovation: a Guidebook. Written by Irene Woo, revised and updated by Tim Dirks, The Tech Museum of Innovation, 1995.

Search Engines

Because there is no single index for the ever-changing World Wide Web, we used various searching tools and subject indexes to find information about Robotics.

Useful Robotics Sites

Here are just a few of the larger Robotics sites we use as a jumping off point, when we go exploring the Web for new information.

WWW Sources for the Latest Technology

There are a few journals and services that one can browse, to look for the latest news on technology. Here are a few useful places.

If you know of other good sources of robotics information, write to robotmaster@thetech.org. Thanks!