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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This is a rhyming-text picture book about Raye Montague. After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted-- finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hands-on STEM projects shine a light into the world of engineering and encourage kids ages 8 to 11 to learn about five female engineers who changed the way things work in this full-color book that teaches critical and creative thinking. Have you crossed over a bridge today? Have you ridden an elevator to a top floor? Have you opened up a carton of milk? All of these things were made possible through engineering! In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Engineers...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
With an ever-growing need to engage young women in science and tech, Kimberly Bryant saw a lack of tech programming for girls of color. So, in 2011, the engineer and entrepreneur founded Black Girls Code, a nonprofit with the tagline "imagine, build, and create." Readers will learn how these same principles informed Bryant's own rise as a pioneering African American tech innovator and be inspired by her determination to expose young minds to STEM...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Alfred Nobel was the man who founded what became known as The Nobel Prizes. Nobel also invented dynamite, becoming very wealthy from his invention. Saddened by its use for harmful destruction, Nobel left his fortune to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Women in Engineering introduces kids to the field of engineering through the questions of a spunky girl whose inquiries guide an engaging, scientifically accurate conversation. Readers will experience how an engineer thinks and be introduced to determined women engineers who have dreamed up ideas to improve and connect the world. The profiled women, who come from a diverse array of countries and centuries, include Huang Daopo, Emily Warren Roebling,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Today, Dr. Mae Jemison is famous for being the first Black woman to travel into outer space. But when she was growing up, she felt torn between two passions: science and dance. It seemed like an impossible choice. There had to be some way to make room for both-and Mae found one. As an adult, she combined her gifts of scientific logic and artistic creativity and became an astronaut." --publisher's website.
12) Alfred Nobel
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life story of Alfred Nobel, his invention of dynamite and subsequent wealth to his sadness at the explosive's destructive power and decision to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An uplifting portrait of a leading NASA engineer describes her childhood ambition to pursue a life in science, her achievement as her university's first woman to receive a Ph.D. in her field and her pivotal role in building history-making spacecraft. --Publisher's description.
16) Dynamite
Author
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the uses of dynamite and the industrial and technological progress that followed its invention in 1866 by chemical engineer Alfred Nobel.
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