A collection of profiles of people involved with computers. Included are scientists, programmers, entrepreneurs, and inventors.

A facinating and comprehensive guide that provides students and general readers with the resources necessary to define, understand, and research issues related to drug abuse. Includes a bibliography, glossary, chronology, biographical listing, appendixes with graphs, and an index. In 1973 President Richard Nixon declared an all-out global war against "the drug menace." In the ensuing decades, the War on Drugs has grown rapidly, with annual federal...

(Cover) In one volume, all the essential tools: Overview of the topic, chronology of important events, glossary of terms, biographical listing, complete index, plus a fully annotated bibliography.