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Author:

Weatherly, Myra.

Title:

Benjamin Banneker : American scientific pioneer / by Myra Weatherly.

Publisher:

Compass Point Books,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Banneker, Benjamin,--1731-1806.
Astronomers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--United States.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Banneker, Benjamin,--1731-1806.
Astronomers.
Scientists.
African Americans--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-108) and index.

Contents:

Banneker's bold declaration -- An exceptional family -- The gifted child -- Doing difficult work -- A change in the valley -- A new energy for life -- An important task -- Almanac maker -- Banneker's last years.

Summary:

Biography of the African-American man who, as a self-taught mathematician and astronomer, helped survey the site of the Nation's Capitol and published several popular almanacs.

Series:

Signature lives

ISBN:

9780756515799
0756515793

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61864300

LCCN:

2005028708

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)