| Description |
205 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Kid legends series ; 7 |
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Kid legends ; 7.
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| Note |
Biographies of Grace Hopper, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Reshma Saujani and twelve others. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tech revolution. Grace Hopper: the grand lady of software -- Steve Jobs: love what you do -- Bill Gates: I'm thinking -- Reshma Saujani: embracing failure -- Seas, skies, and other space. Jacques Cousteau: breathing underwater -- Wilbur and Orville Wright: the brothers who wanted to fly -- William Kamkwamba: electric wind -- Elon Musk: electric cars and rockets to Mars -- Cracking codes and saving lives. Alan Turing: code-breaking hero of World War II -- Hedy Lamarr: a double life -- Jonas Salk: an instinct to improve our world -- Florence Nightingale: the invention of modern nursing -- Trailblazers. Maria Montessori: rethinking education -- Madam C.J. Walker: craving the beautiful -- Walt Disney: creating happiness -- Alvin Ailey: all that was inside you. |
| Summary |
"Childhood biographies of sixteen trailblazers in technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 9-12 Quirk Books. |
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Grades 4-6 Quirk Books. |
| Subject |
Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Businesspeople -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Inventors.
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Businesspeople.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General.
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Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
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Inventors. (OCoLC)fst00978052
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Biographies.
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Juvenile works.
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| Added Author |
Steinfeld, Allison, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781683692270 (hardcover) |
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1683692276 (hardcover) |
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