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Author:

Webster, Raymond B.

Title:

African American firsts in science and technology / Raymond B. Webster ; guest foreword by Wesley L. Harris.

Publisher:

Gale Group,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xiii, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American inventors--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Scientists.
Inventors.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Science--Biography.
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
Negers.
Emancipatie.
Wetenschapssociologie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-385) and index.

Contents:

Agriculture and everyday life -- Allied health -- Dentistry and nursing -- Life sciences -- Math and engineering -- Medicine -- Physical sciences -- Transportation.

Summary:

Presents capsule accounts of notable first achievements by African Americans, arranged in the categories "Agriculture and Everyday Life," "Dentistry and Nursing," "Life Science," "Math and Engineering," "Medicine," "Physical Science," and "Transportation."

ISBN:

9780787638764 (hc.)
0787638765 (hc.)

LCCN:

99027346

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)