Women Who Launched the Computer Age - Ready-To-Read Level 3

The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission.

About the author

Laurie Calkhoven is the author of many books, including George Washington: An American Life and Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom. She lives in New York City. Visit her at LaurieCalkhoven.com.

Summary

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!

Product details

• Authors: Laurie Calkhoven, Calkhoven Laurie
• Assisted by: Alyssa Petersen (Illustration), Petersen Alyssa (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781481470469
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-7046-9
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 91 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Ready-To-Read: Level 3; You Should Meet; You Should Meet
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions, People & places (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction, Educational: Languages other than English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General