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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon Spotlight

ISBN-101481470477

ISBN-139781481470476

eBay Product ID (ePID)219914277

Product Key Features

Book TitleWomen Who Launched the Computer Age : Ready-To-Read Level 3

Number of Pages48 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Readers / Beginner, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Computers / Programming

Publication Year2016

IllustratorPetersen, Alyssa, Yes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorLaurie Calkhoven

Book SeriesYou Should Meet Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2016-021574

Grade FromFirst Grade

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisThis book was chosen by the Children's Book Council as a best STEM book of 2017 Meet the women who programmed the first all-electronic computer and built the technological language kids today can't live without in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people "you should meet " In 1946, six brilliant young women programmed the first all-electronic, programmable computer, the ENIAC, part of a secret World War II project. They learned to program without any programming languages or tools, and by the time they were finished, the ENIAC could run a complicated calculus equation in seconds. But when the ENIAC was presented to the press and public, the women were never introduced or given credit for their work. Learn all about what they did and how their invention still matters today in this story of six amazing young women everyone should meet A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus interesting trivia facts about how computers have changed over time. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun, This book was chosen by the Children's Book Council as a best STEM book of 2017! Meet the women who programmed the first all-electronic computer and built the technological language kids today can't live without in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people "you should meet!" In 1946, six brilliant young women programmed the first all-electronic, programmable computer, the ENIAC, part of a secret World War II project. They learned to program without any programming languages or tools, and by the time they were finished, the ENIAC could run a complicated calculus equation in seconds. But when the ENIAC was presented to the press and public, the women were never introduced or given credit for their work. Learn all about what they did and how their invention still matters today in this story of six amazing young women everyone should meet! A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus interesting trivia facts about how computers have changed over time. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!

LC Classification NumberQA76.2.A2C35 2016