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One giant leap [large print] : the impossible mission that flew us to the moon / by Fishman, Charles,1961-author.(CARDINAL)277110;

Includes bibliographical references.Preface: The mystery of moondust -- Tranquility Base & the world we all live in -- The moon to the rescue -- "The full speed of freedom" -- The fourth crew member -- The man who saved Apollo -- JFK's secret space takes -- How do you fly to the moon? -- NASA almost forgets the flag -- How Apollo really did change the world.Shares the story of the remarkable NASA scientists and engineers who created America's space program and fulfilled President Kennedy's mandate to put a man on the Moon before 1970. In One Giant Leap, Charles Fishman introduces readers to the men and women tasked with putting a man on the moon. From the halls of MIT, where the eccentric and legendary digital pioneer Charles Draper created the two computers aboard Apollo 11, to the factories where hundreds of women weaved computer programs with copper wire, Fishman captures the sweeping achievement of these ordinary Americans. This is the captivating story of men and women charged with changing the world as we know it--their leaders, their triumphs, their near disasters, all of which led to arguably the greatest success story of the twentieth century.

Subjects: Large print books.; Project Apollo (U.S.); Space flight to the moon;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5

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Proving ground : the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer / by Kleiman, Kathy,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-280) and index."After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer - a machine built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in twenty seconds rather than forty hours by human hand - even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. But their story, never told to the reporters and scientists who thronged the huge computer after it became public, was lost. Kathy Kleiman, through meticulous research and vivid prose, brings these women back to life, and back into the historical record. For more than two decades, she met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers, poured over documentation and images, and recorded extensive oral histories with the women about their work. She found stories that had been relegated and dismissed by even computer history experts, who had assumed the women in the old black-and-white pictures with ENIAC were nothing more than models. PROVING GROUND is a character-driven narrative that restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries. As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its far-reaching consequences, the story of the ENIAC Programmers' groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before, and PROVING GROUND is the celebration they deserve."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Computer programmers; ENIAC (Computer); Women computer programmers;

Available copies: 31 / Total copies: 33

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Human computer : Mary Jackson, engineer / by Diehn, Andi,author.(CARDINAL)619603; Mazeika, Katie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)816923;

"When Mary Jackson was growing up, she thought being an engineer was impossible for her. Why? After all, she was fantastic at math and science. She worked really hard to learn all she could in school. Why did this smart little girl think she couldn't be an engineer? Elementary aged readers explore America's history of segregation through the life of Mary Jackson, who overcame challenges to become the first African American women to work at NASA! In Human Computer: Mary Jackson, Engineer, readers ages 5 to 8 learn what it was like for Mary Jackson to work in a place where she couldn't eat in the same lunchroom or even use the same bathroom as her white coworkers. But when she glimpsed an opportunity to work with the math and science she loved to do, she decided nothing was going to stop her. Human Computer is part of a set of four books in the Picture Book Biography series that introduces pioneers of science to young children."--Ages 5-8.Grade Level 1-3.670L

Subjects: Biographies.; Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Aerospace engineers; African American mathematicians; African American women; Space race; Women mathematicians;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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Proving ground [audio-enabled device] the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer / by Kleiman, Kathy,author.; Bennett, Erin,narrator.(CARDINAL)352046; Findaway World, LLC.,issuing body.(CARDINAL)345268; Playaway Digital Audio,issuing body.(CARDINAL)565887;

Read by Erin Bennett."Fans of Dava Sobel's The Glass Universe and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures are in for a treat" (Publishers Weeky) with this untold, World War II-era story of the six American women who programmed the world's first modern computer. After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer--better known as the ENIAC-- even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. While most students of computer history are aware of this innovative machine, the great contributions of the women who programmed it were never told -- until now. Over the course of a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their work. PROVING GROUND restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries. As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its far-reaching consequences, the story of the ENIAC Programmers' groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before, and PROVING GROUND is the celebration they deserve.Adult.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographies.; Computer programmers; ENIAC (Computer); Women computer programmers;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Wonder women of science : twelve geniuses who are currently rocking science, technology, and the world [sound recording] / by Fletcher, Tiera,1995-author.(CARDINAL)803677; Rue, Ginger,author.(CARDINAL)344113; Waites, Channie,narrator.;

Performed by Channie Waites.Searching the cosmos for a new Earth. Using math to fight human trafficking. Designing invisible (and safer) cars. Unlocking climate-change secrets. All of this groundbreaking science, and much more, is happening right now, spearheaded by the diverse female scientists and engineers profiled in this book. Meet award-winning aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher and twelve other science superstars and hear them tell in their own words not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get where they are, paths that often involved failures and unexpected changes in direction, but also persistence, serendipity, and brilliant insights. Their careers range from computer scientists to microbiologists to unique specialties that didn't exist before some amazing women profiled here created them. Here is a book to surprise and inspire not only die-hard science fans but also those who don't (yet!) think of themselves as scientists. Back matter includes reading suggestions, an index, a glossary, and some surprising ideas for how to get involved in the world of STEM.

Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Scientists.; Women scientists; Science; Engineers.; Women engineers.; Engineering.; Technology; Mathematicians.; Women mathematicians.; Mathematics.; Non-Fiction.; Biography.; Science & Nature.;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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Supernova / by Higgins, C. A.(Caitlin A.),author.(CARDINAL)341895;

C.A. Higgins's acclaimed novel <i>Lightless</i> fused suspenseful storytelling, high-caliber scientific speculation, and richly developed characters into a stunning science fiction epic. Now the dazzling <i>Supernova</i> heightens the thrills and deepens the haunting exploration of technology and humanity - and the consequences that await when the two intersect. <p>Once Ananke was an experimental military spacecraft. But a rogue computer virus transformed it-<i>her</i>-into something much more: a fully sentient artificial intelligence, with all the power of a god- and all the unstable emotions of a teenager. <p>Althea, the ship's engineer and the last living human aboard, nearly gave her life to save Ananke from dangerous saboteurs, forging a bond as powerful as that between mother and daughter. Now she devotes herself completely to Ananke's care. But teaching a thinking, feelign machine - perhaps the most dangerous force in the galazy - to be human proves a monumental challenge. When Ananke decides to seek out Matthew Gale, the terrorist she regards as her father, Althea learns that some bonds are stronger than mortal minds can understand - or control. <p> Drawn back toward Earth by the quest, Althea and Ananke will find themselves in the thick of a violent revolution led by Matthew's sister, the charismatic leader Constance, who will stop at nothing to bring down a tyrannical surveillance state. As the currents of past decisions and present desires come into stark collision, a new and fiery future is about to be born.

Subjects: Political fiction.; Science fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Women engineers; Artificial intelligence; Space ships;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Dreaming in code : Ada Byron Lovelace, computer pioneer / by McCully, Emily Arnold,author.(CARDINAL)141134;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157) and index.1816-1824. Born into scandal -- Mother and child with governesses -- She has a father -- 1825-1832. Her imagination soars -- Guarded by furies -- An elopement -- 1833-1835. Meeting Babbage -- A role model -- Courtship and marriage -- 1836-1842. Motherhood -- Grasping for mathematics -- The new engine -- A restless student -- 1842-1852. Masterwork -- At loose ends -- Restless spirit -- An awful death.Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen, Ada met eccentric inventor Charles Babbage, a kindred spirit. Their ensuing collaborations resulted in ideas and concepts that presaged computer programming by almost two hundred years, and Ada Lovelace is now recognized as a pioneer and prophet of the information age. Award-winning author Emily Arnold McCully opens the window on a peculiar and singular intellect, shaped--and hampered--by history, social norms, and family dysfunction. The result is a portrait that is at once remarkable and fascinating, tragic and triumphant.Target age group: 12 and up1110LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.; Women mathematicians; Mathematicians; Computers; Women; Women.; Womyn.;

Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 22

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Electrical engineering for everyone [videorecording]. by Bottomley, Laura J.,instructor.; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;

Instructor: Laura J. Bottomley, director of Women in Engineering, Engineering Education, and the Engineering Place at NC State University.To many of us, electricity can still seem like the "magic" our ancestors imagined it to be when they saw it in the natural world. But the science of electricity is considerably more amazing than magic, as you'll see in the 24 fascinating lectures of Electrical Engineering for Everyone. With dozens of live demonstrations, along with explanatory graphics and video, Dr. Laura J. Bottomley brings you on the amazing journey of electrical engineering, the discipline that has taken us from the electric lightbulb to interstellar space to artificial intelligence in less than 150 years.DVD; widescreen

Subjects: Lectures.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Electrical engineering.;

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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Changing the equation : 50+ US black women in STEM / by Bolden, Tonya,author.(CARDINAL)340185;

Includes bibliographical references (page 195) and index.Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson -- Eliza Anna Grier -- Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Sarah E. Goode -- Josephine Silone Yates -- Ida Gray Nelson Rollins -- Alice Augusta Ball -- Anna Louise James -- Willa Beatrice Brown -- Ruth Ella Moore -- Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes -- Alfreda Johnson Webb -- Jane Hinton -- Georgia Louise Harris Brown -- Angie Lena Turner King -- Myra Adele Logan -- Flemmie Kittrell -- Carolyn Beatrice Parker -- Marie Maynard Daly -- Jane Cooke Wright -- Annie Easley -- Yvonne Young Clark -- Angella Dorothea Ferguson -- Jessie Isabelle Price -- Bessie Blount -- Georgia Mae Dunston -- Joan Murrell Owens -- June Bacon-Bercey -- Patricia Suzanne Cowings -- Mamie Parker -- Shirley Ann Jackson -- Patricia E. Bath -- Donna Auguste -- Pamela McCauley -- Treena Livingston Arinzeh -- Ayanna Howard -- Paula T. Hammond -- Ashanti Johnson -- Yasmin Hurd -- Phyllis A. Dennery -- Lisa D. White -- Emma Garrison-Alexander -- Kimberly Bryant -- Aprille Joy Ericsson -- Lisette Titre-Montgomery -- Latanya Sweeney -- Patrice Banks -- Aomawa Shields."Award-winning author Tonya Bolden explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers will find role models, inspirations, and maybe even reasons to be the STEM leaders of tomorrow. These stories help young readers to dream big and stay curious. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and an index"--1170L

Subjects: Biographies.; African American women scientists; Women in science; Minorities in science;

Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 25

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Ada's ideas [videorecording] : the story of Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer / by Landor, Rosalyn, narrator.(CARDINAL)356795; Robinson, Fiona, 1965-, author, illustrator.(CARDINAL)465324; Motion picture adaptation of (work): Robinson, Fiona, 1965-. Ada's ideas.; Dreamscape Media,production company.(CARDINAL)347553;

Narrated by Rosalyn Landor.Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron and the mathematician Anna Isabella Milbanke. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's love of poetry. Despite this, Ada was fascinated by her father and ended up considering mathematics a poetical science. Through her friendship with the inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in programming his Analytical Engine- a precursor to the computer- and, in so doing, became the world's first computer programmer. This picture-book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who was able to see the potential numbers also had to be art. Ages 3 to 8.DVD; widescreen.

Subjects: Biographical films.; Film adaptations.; Short films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Lovelace; Computer algorithms; Computers; Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852, ; Mathematicians; Women mathematicians;

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