Programmers /
Gibson, Karen Bush,
Programmers / Gutsy girls go for science : programmers Karen Bush Gibson ; illustrated by Shululu. - 107 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - Gutsy girls for for science Focus on science . - Gutsy girls go for science. Focus on science (Nomad Press) .
"With STEM projects for kids."
Includes bibliographical references (page 105) and index.
Ada Lovelace -- Grace Hopper -- The Eniac women -- Dorothy Vaughan -- Margaret Hamilton.
Do you like solving problems? Are you dying to automate even the simplest of processes? Do you always need to know how things work? Programming is the process of breaking down complex tasks into a set of instructions. This is what programmers do when they write code that will make your computer do what you tell it to! In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers with STEM Projects for Kids, readers meet five female programmers who made revolutionary discoveries and inventions that changed the way people used technology! Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, the ENIAC women, Dorothy Vaughan, and Margaret Hamilton all broke through barriers of both gender and race to succeed in a field they loved.
Ages 8-11.
9781619307865 (hardcover) 1619307863 (hardcover) 9781619307896 (softcover) 1619307898 (softcover)
Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 --Juvenile literature.
Hopper, Grace Murray--Juvenile literature.
Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 --Juvenile literature.
Hamilton, Margaret Heafield, 1936- --Juvenile literature.
ENIAC (Computer)--Juvenile literature.
Women computer programmers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Computer programming--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Programmers / Gutsy girls go for science : programmers Karen Bush Gibson ; illustrated by Shululu. - 107 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - Gutsy girls for for science Focus on science . - Gutsy girls go for science. Focus on science (Nomad Press) .
"With STEM projects for kids."
Includes bibliographical references (page 105) and index.
Ada Lovelace -- Grace Hopper -- The Eniac women -- Dorothy Vaughan -- Margaret Hamilton.
Do you like solving problems? Are you dying to automate even the simplest of processes? Do you always need to know how things work? Programming is the process of breaking down complex tasks into a set of instructions. This is what programmers do when they write code that will make your computer do what you tell it to! In Gutsy Girls Go for Science: Programmers with STEM Projects for Kids, readers meet five female programmers who made revolutionary discoveries and inventions that changed the way people used technology! Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, the ENIAC women, Dorothy Vaughan, and Margaret Hamilton all broke through barriers of both gender and race to succeed in a field they loved.
Ages 8-11.
9781619307865 (hardcover) 1619307863 (hardcover) 9781619307896 (softcover) 1619307898 (softcover)
Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 --Juvenile literature.
Hopper, Grace Murray--Juvenile literature.
Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 --Juvenile literature.
Hamilton, Margaret Heafield, 1936- --Juvenile literature.
ENIAC (Computer)--Juvenile literature.
Women computer programmers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Computer programming--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.