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Books

• Journey of the Olympic Flame, by Gayle Petty
• The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games, by Tony Perrottet
• The Olympic Glow, by Barbara Birenbaum and Pat Sapp
• Olympic Spirit: 100 Years of the Games, by Susan Wells
• Share the Flame: The Official Retrospective of the Olympic Torch Relay, by Alan Hobson and Elaine Jones

Sources

• Athens 2004 Official Web site
• Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay
• Birenbaum, Barbara, The Olympic Glow. Clearwater, Florida: PEARTREE, 1994.
• Dr. Gus Nathan, University of Adelaide, e-mail interview with author, July 15, 2004.
• Herzog, Brad. "Strange but True Olympic Torch Tales: Getting the Olympic Torch from Olympia, Greece, to the Games - and Lighting the Olympic Flame - can be a Real Adventure!" Sports Illustrated for Kids, October 1, 2000, pg. 22.
• Lovgren, Stefan. "En Route to Greece, Olympic Torch Touches Many," National Geographic News, July 8, 2004.
• McCormick, David. "Designing a Bright, Clean and Resilient Olympic Torch," EXN.ca, June 23, 2000.
• "The Olympic Flame and Torch Relay," Olympic Museum and Studies Center, Lausanne, 2002.
• Tilbrook, Melanie. "Olympic Torch Technology," ABC Online.
• Rostock, Roseanne. "High-Tech Olympics," Science World, May 3, 1996, pp. 6-10.
• Ruffenach, Glenn. "Getting the Olympic Flame to Atlanta Won't be a Simple Cross-Country Run," The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 1996, pg. B1 (2 pgs.)
• "The Torch Lights the Way," Wood & Wood Products, March 1996, pg. 56-57.
• Turbulence, Energy & Combustion Group (TEC), University of Adelaide.