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Author:

Lower, Jan, author.

Title:

The brilliant calculator : how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America / Jan Lower + (illustrated by) Susan Reagan.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Calkins Creekan imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Clarke, Edith--1844-1926--Juvenile literature.
Clarke, Edith--1844-1926.
Engineers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Engineers.
Women engineers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women engineers.
Electrical engineers--Juvenile literature--Juvenile literature--United States.
Electrical engineers.
Women--Biography.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Reagan, Susan, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"This STEM/STEAM picture book tells the story of Edith Clarke, the innovator who solved an electrical mystery and built the first graphing calculator--from paper, an accomplishment that helped her become of the first woman electrical engineer in America"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1662680066
9781662680069

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)