Title:
Who did it first? : 50 scientists, artists, and mathematicians who revolutionized the world
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
©2019
Physical Description:
113 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781250211712
Abstract:
"Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics, with a focus on their accomplishments that were "firsts" in their fields."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Ada Lovelace ; Maria Mitchell ; Emily Warren Roebling ; Nikola Tesla ; Barnum Brown ; Nettie Stevens ; Robert H. Goddard ; Meret Oppenheim ; Mary Golda Ross ; Claude Shannon ; Maria Tallchief ; Alan Turing ; James E. M. West ; The inventors : featuring Isaac Newton, Charles Fritts, Hedy Lamarr, Temple Grandin, Ralph Baer, Lonnie G. Johnson, and Timothy Berners-Lee ; Jane Goodall ; Mary Allen Wilkes ; Mary Kenneth Keller ; Walter Alvarez ; Alexa Candy ; Leading ladies : featuring Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Caroline Herschel, Elizabeth Blackwell, Ellen Swallow Richards, Marguerite Thomas Williams, Debbie Gibson, Antonia Novello, Ellen Ochoa, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Smith ; Thai Lee ; Aretha Franklin ; Sylvia Earle ; Mae Jemison ; Toni Morrison ; John Herrington ; Zaha Hadid ; Jennifer Yuh Nelson ; Mindy Kaling ; Marissa Mayer ; Maryam Mirzakhani ; Tu Youyou ; Ava Duvernay ; Riz Ahmed ; Johanna Lucht ; Who did it first? across time.
Language:
English
Audience:
Ages 9-12.
