The brilliant calculator : how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America / Jan Lower ; illustrated by Susan Reagan.
2023
CMC TK140.C58 L69 2023 (Mapit)
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The brilliant calculator : how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America / Jan Lower ; illustrated by Susan Reagan.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781662680069 (hardcover)
1662680066
9781662680076 (epub)
1662680066
9781662680076 (epub)
Published
New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
40 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Call Number
CMC TK140.C58 L69 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
621.3092 B
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references.
Audience
Ages 7-10 Calkins Creek.
Grades 4-6 Calkins Creek.
Grades 4-6 Calkins Creek.
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