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Davis, Lynn Frith, Margaret. Harris, Duchess Mattern, Joanne Pollack, Pam. Slader, Erik Sorell, TraciDavis, Lynn
Summary: "The car changed travel forever. Henry Ford started a car-making revolution. Kids can read this book to find out how Ford transformed America with his cars. They will learn how many cars Ford made before the Model T Ford"--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORMattern, Joanne
Summary: A simple biography of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOBPollack, Pam.
Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who JobsSorell, Traci
Summary: "Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROSFrith, Margaret.
Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who EdisonHarris, Duchess
Summary: In the 1950s, NASA relied on human computers. These skilled women did calculations by hand. While astronauts and their accomplishments were well known, human computers often worked behind the scenes. Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA explores the legacy of NASA's human computers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.45 HARSlader, Erik
Summary: Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: 'One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.' He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Later...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018