Women who launched the computer age / by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Material type: TextSeries: Calkhoven, Laurie. You should meet ; | Ready-to-read. Level three, Megastar readerEdition: Simon Spotlight EditionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781481470476
- 1481470477
- 9781481470483
- 1481470485
- 9781481470469
- 1481470469
- 9781518218736
- 1518218733
- Women computer scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women computer programmers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Computer programmers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- ENIAC (Computer) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Computer industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- 004.092 CAL
- QA76.2.A2 C35 2016
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | MVS Library Children's Room | J - Easy Readers | 004.092 CAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4007264 |
The world before computers -- World at war -- Meet the human computers -- Top secret! -- The amazing ENIAC -- Trailblazers -- But wait...there's more!
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
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
Age 6-8
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