Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The brilliant calculator

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1372346352

Responsibility statement

Jan Lower ; illustrated by Susan Reagan

Sub title

how mathematician Edith Clarke helped electrify America

Summary

"When she grew up, no one would hire a woman engineer. But that didn't stop Edith from following her passion and putting her lightning-quick mind to the problem of electricity. But the calculations took so long! Always curious, Edith couldn't help thinking of better ways to do things. She constructed a calculator from paper that was ten times faster than doing all that math by hand! Her invention won her a job, making her the first woman electrical engineer in America. And because Edith shared her knowledge with others, her calculator helped electrify America, bringing telephones and light across the nation."--Provided by publisher

Target audience

primary

Classification