Selected timeline on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-99) and index.
Contents:
Your turn. Roominate: Alice Brooks and Bettina Chen -- LuminAID: Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta -- Windshield wipers: Mary Anderson -- Turning plastic into fuel: Azza Abdelhamid Faiad -- Kevlar: Stephanie Kwolek -- Hot seat: Alissa Chavez -- Computer compiler, Grace Murray Hopper -- ReThink, Trisha Prabhu -- Paper bag folding machine, Margaret E. Knight -- Laserphaco probe, Dr. Patricia Bath -- Space bumper, Jeanne Lee Crews -- Combating drought with orange peels: Kiara Nirghin -- Scotchgard: Patsy O. Sherman -- Snugli: Ann Moore -- Roominate: Alice Brooks and Bettina Chen -- Your turn.
Summary:
"This updated edition of the bestselling Girls Think of Everything, by Sibert-winner Catherine Thimmesh and Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, retains all the integrity of the original but includes expanded coverage of inventions (and inventors) to better reflect our diverse and technological world. In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. What inspired these girls, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities? Retaining reader-tested favorite inventions, this updated edition of the best-selling Girls Think of Everything features seven new chapters that better represent our diverse and increasingly technological world, offering readers stories about inventions that are full of hope and vitalityempowering them to think big, especially in the face of adversity."-- provided by publisher.
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