Women Who Launched the Computer Age
分級讀本/橋梁書 | Ready-to-Read
Women Who Launched the Computer Age
T 880L
書籍資訊
適讀年齡 | 6 - 8 |
適合年級 | 1 - 3 |
字數 | 字 |
Grade level equivalent | |
AR level | |
F&p/guided reading level | T |
Lexile | 880L |
DRA level | |
出版社 | Simon Spotlight |
出版日期 | September 2016 |
This book was chosen by the Childrens 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 cant 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!
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