| Books, children's | |
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| 1. | Ardley, N. The Science Book of Gravity, Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1992. |
| 2. | McKay, David W. and Smith, Bruce G. "Space Science: Projects for Young Astronauts." Franklin Watts, New York, 1986. |
| 3. | Sumners, Carolyn. "Toys in Space: Exploring Science with the Astronauts," TAB Books, Division of McGraw-Hill Inc., Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0850, 1994. |
| 4. | Skurzynski, Gloria. "Almost the Real Thing: Simulation in Your High-Tech World," Bradbury Press, New York, 1991, pp. 25-30. |
| 5. | Skurzynski, G. Zero Gravity, Bradbury Press, New York, 1994. |
| 6. | VanCleave, J. Janice VanCleave's Gravity, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1993. |
| Books, adult | |
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| 1. | Antar, Basil N., and Nuotio-Antar, Vappu S. "Fundamentals of Low Gravity Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer," CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1993. |
| 2. | Craft, Cathy, and Hernandez, Judy, "Mars: A simulation of human exploration of our solar system's fourth planet," Interaction Publishers, Inc., Lakeside, California, 1992. |
| 3. | Eddington, A. Space, Time and Gravitation, Cambridge University Press, 1920, p.93-109. |
| 4. | Gonick, Larry, and Huffman, Art, "The Cartoon Guide to Physics," Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 1990, Chapters 1-5. |
| 5. | Wheeler, J. A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime, Scientific American Library, New York, 1990. |
| Journal articles | |
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| 1. | Chandler, D. "Weightlessness and Microgravity," The Physics Teacher, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 312-313. |
| 2. | Davis, B. "Heavens on Earth," Air and Space, February/March 1995, pp. 34-41. |
| 3. | Pearlman, H., Stocker, D., Gotti, D., Urban, D., Ross, H., and Sours, T. "Demonstrating Reduced Gravity," The Physics Teacher, Vol. 34, March 1996, pp. 172- 175. |
| 4. | Pettit, D. "The Wizard of 0g," Air and Space, April/May 1994, pp.78-79. |
| 5. | von Baeyer, H.C. "Big G," Discover, March 1996, pp. 96-101. |
| NASA educational documents | |
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| 1. | McGovern, B. Defying Gravity, draft. |
| 2. | NASA. Microgravity: A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Physical Science (EG-103), Vogt, G. and Wargo, M., eds., December 1995. |
| 3. | NASA. Reduced-Gravity Demonstrator (B-0797), March 1995. |
| 4. | NASA. The Mathematics of Microgravity (EB-118), Rogers, M.J.B., Vogt, G.L., and Wargo, M.J., April 1996. |
| NASA bookmarks | |
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| 1. | NASA. "Microgravity Math: Drop Towers & On Orbit" (M-0178), February 1996. |
| 2. | NASA. "Understanding & Creating Microgravity" (B-0705), April 1994. |
| NASA videos | |
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| 1. | NASA Television. "The gee in Microgravity," February 1995. |
| 2. | NASA Television. "The Pitch for Microgravity," March 1996. |
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