Science, Technology & Environment

Genealogy Online: Researching Your Roots

The Internet is fast becoming the global library: an information resource unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Don’t know which refrigerator to buy? How to get in touch with childhood friends? Which store might sell ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Butterflies of Canada

By Ross A. Layberry, Peter W. Hall & J. Donald Lafontaine

The Butterflies of Canada is a valuable collaboration by knowledgeable authors. Ross A. Layberry provided a database of over 90,000 records on butterfly distribution; Peter W. Hall and J. Donald Lafontaine are both scientists with ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Computer Crisis 2000

By W. Michael Fletcher

Doomsday is coming! Doomsday is coming!Sort of.Welcome to the Year 2000 Problem, also known in computer circles as Y2K, also known as the Millennium Bug, also known as the biggest single pain-in-the-butt that computer professionals ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The Year 2000 Computing Crisis: A Millennium Date Conversion Plan

By Jerome T. Murray and Marilyn Murray

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The Year 2000 Problem Solver: A Five Step Disaster Prevention Plan

By Bryce Ragland

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Year 2000 Software Problem: Quantifying the Costs and Assessing the Consequences

By Capers Jones

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Touched by Fire: Doctors Without Borders in the Rwandan Genocide

By Elliott Leyton, Greg Locke, photog.

There is an intersection in this book of the macabre and the ecstasy of moral clarity. The backdrop is the Rwandan genocide, the heroes are the altruistic humanitarian aid workers. The victims and killers have ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Study Guide

By Alan R. Carter

Microsoft Corporation: love it, hate it, or make it the focus of paranoid persecution fantasies, but there is simply no escaping it. In the business software market especially, Microsoft has no credible competitors in several ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment