Verlag: Astra Publishing House Mär 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1662680066 ISBN 13: 9781662680069
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Reagan, Susan (illustrator). Neuware - 'Long before calculators were invented, little Edith Clarke devoured numbers, conquered calculations, cracked puzzles, and breezed through brainteasers. Edith wanted to be an engineer-to use the numbers she saw all around her to help build America. When she grew up, no one would hire a woman engineer. But that didn't stop Edith from following her passion and putting her lightning-quick mind to the problem of electricity. But the calculations took so long! Always curious, Edith couldn't help thinking of better ways to do things. She constructed a 'calculator' from paper that was ten times faster than doing all that math by hand! Her invention won her a job, making her the first woman electrical engineer in America. And because Edith shared her knowledge with others, her calculator helped electrify America, bringing telephones and light across the nation'.
Verlag: CALKINS CREEK, 2023
ISBN 10: 1662680066 ISBN 13: 9781662680069
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Reagan, Susan (illustrator). Über den AutorJan Lower is the author of several forthcoming nonfiction picture books for children, including A Song for the Cosmos. Before becoming a children s writer, Jan worked as a lawyer in Washington, DC, for se.