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Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When physics graduate Annie Fisk, a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, identifies an engineer’s miscalculations, she is propelled into a new position where she’s torn between her ambitions, her heart and a mysterious discovery that upends everything she knows to be scientifically true."--
22) Shiva dancing
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Computer expert Meena Kumari of California returns to India to reacquaint herself with her husband from a forced child marriage before she was saved by an American couple who adopted her. Paradoxically, the trip leads to love with an American. A first novel by the author of The Healthy Cuisine of India.
23) Space heroes
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle." --
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
Author
Publisher
Creston Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine." --
Author
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron and his highly educated wife, Anne Isabella, is sometimes called the world's first computer programmer and has become an icon for women in technology. But how did a young woman in the nineteenth century, without access to formal school or university education, acquire the knowledge and expertise to become a pioneer of computer science? Although an unusual pursuit for women...
Author
Publisher
DK/Prima Games
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This insightful and celebratory book highlights women who helped to establish the video game industry, women who disrupt it, women who fight to diversify it, and young women who will someday lead it. Featuring household names and unsung heroes, each individual profiled plays an important role in the gaming industry. Some of the talented women featured in the book include: Ashly Burch, Emmy-winning writer and voice actress; Carol Shaw, early industry...
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