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The brilliant calculator, how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America, Jan Lower + (illustrated by) Susan Reagan

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The brilliant calculator, how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America, Jan Lower + (illustrated by) Susan Reagan
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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illustrations
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no index present
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non fiction
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The brilliant calculator
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bibliography
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1372014044
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Jan Lower + (illustrated by) Susan Reagan
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how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America
Summary
"This STEM/STEAM picture book tells the story of Edith Clarke, the innovator who solved an electrical mystery and built the first graphing calculator--from paper, an accomplishment that helped her become of the first woman electrical engineer in America"--, Provided by publisherEdith Clarke devoured numbers, puzzles, and brainteasers. She was an innovator who dreams of how mathematics could modernize America. Fascinated by electricity, Clarke solved an electrical mystery and built the first graphing calculator. This accomplishment helped her become of the first woman electrical engineer in America. -- adapted from jacket
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How mathematician Edith Clarke helps electrify America
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