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Black inventors : 15 inventions that changed the world / by Trusty, Kathy,author.; Polk, Jerrard,illustrator.;

Includes bibliographical references.Benjamin Banneker -- Elijah McCoy -- Sarah E. Goode -- Lyda Newman -- George Washinton Carver -- Garret Morgan -- Charles Drew -- Bessie Blount Griffin -- Marie Van Brittan Brown -- Patricia Bath -- Mark Dean -- Lonnie Johnson -- Lisa Gelobter -- Shirley Jackson -- Marian Croak."Throughout history, Black inventors have achieved some of the world's greatest advancements in science, technology, engineering, and math. This book highlights 15 men and women who made a big impact with their inventions--from Marie Van Brittan Brown, who created the first home security system, to Mark Dean, who invented the personal computer. Learn all about each inventor's creative process, their invention, and the way it's benefited our world"--1020L

Subjects: Biographies.; Instructional and educational works.; African American inventors; Inventors;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6

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Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening / by Sharif, Manal,1979-author.(CARDINAL)341980;

"A country of one king and millions of queens -- Cockroaches and prison bars -- Dirty girls -- Mecca under siege -- Behind the veil -- My Barbie is murdered -- The forbidden satellite dish -- Employed and homeless -- Love and the falafel man -- Live free or die -- Driving while female -- In the kingdom of Saudi men -- Aboya and the king -- The rain starts with a single drop.A ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of a courageous movement to support women’s right to drive. Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca the second daughter of a taxi driver, born the year fundamentalism took hold. In her adolescence, she was a religious radical, melting her brother’s boy band cassettes in the oven because music was haram: forbidden by Islamic law. But what a difference an education can make. By her twenties she was a computer security engineer, one of few women working in a desert compound that resembled suburban America. That’s when the Saudi kingdom’s contradictions became too much to bear: she was labeled a slut for chatting with male colleagues, her teenage brother chaperoned her on a business trip, and while she kept a car in her garage, she was forbidden from driving down city streets behind the wheel. Daring to Drive is the fiercely intimate memoir of an accidental activist, a powerfully vivid story of a young Muslim woman who stood up to a kingdom of men—and won. Writing on the cusp of history, Manal offers a rare glimpse into the lives of women in Saudi Arabia today. Her memoir is a remarkable celebration of resilience in the face of tyranny, the extraordinary power of education and female solidarity, and the difficulties, absurdities, and joys of making your voice heard."--Amazon.com990L

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Sharif, Manal, 1979-; Women; Women political activists; Women automobile drivers; Women.; Womyn.;

Available copies: 19 / Total copies: 19

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Vitamin sea : a novel / by Ross, Maia,author.;

"What happens when a retired British intelligence agent has to join forces with a nerdy GenX couch potato? Freshly minted retiree Irma Abercrombie wasn't looking for drama when she invited Violet Blackheart--an engineer with a serious vitamin D deficiency--for a visit at her island home. But after an armed robbery in town goes terribly wrong, they get pulled into an island intrigue: Was it a simple snatch and grab, or are there other forces at work? And if Irma's so retired, why is there a dead guy in her driveway? Irma's hands might be deadly weapons, but she's all thumbs when it comes to computer problems. Next, she has to figure out how to convince Violet to investigate a technology puzzle that might have been masterminded by someone with a taste for murder. Violet embraces a budding cupcake addiction and day-drinking, while Irma grapples with a bomb threat and wonders how she ended up with a pug as a sidekick...and whether Violet's hiding a few secrets of her own. Irma's headed for a showdown on a luxurious island estate, and she has every intention of dragging Violet along for the ride. Irma Abercrombie wants to save the world. Violet Blackheart just wants to survive her vacation."--Back cover.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Retired women; Women intelligence officers; Vacations; Retraitées; Officières de renseignements;

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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The College Board book of majors. by College Entrance Examination Board.(CARDINAL)137821;

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Nursing -- Occupational therapy -- Optometry -- Osteopathic medicine -- Pharmacy -- Physical therapy -- Podiatry -- Psychology -- Social work -- Veterinary medicine -- Double major -- Student-designed major -- Teacher certification.Provides information on over nine hundred college majors, including related fields, prior high school subjects, possible courses of study, and career options and trends for graduates.

Subjects: Directories.; Indexes.; Universities and colleges; College majors; Degrees, Academic;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 8

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Hidden figures [sound recording] / by Shetterly, Margot Lee,author.(CARDINAL)352644; Turpin, Bahni,narrator.(CARDINAL)353504;

Read by Bahni Turpin."From World War II through NASA's golden age, four African American women confidently acourageouslysly stepped into the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now known as NASA). Their job? To provide the mathematical calculations that would help increase airplane production during wartime and eventually send the united states into space for the very first time. During this time of racial and gender inequality, these women used their mathematical talents to serve their country and change the minds of others about what a scientist and a mathematician and an engineer look like. Hidden Figures follows the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who participated in some of the United States' greatest aeronautic successes. Until now, their stories have been untold, but these women lived through aperseveredred against the backdrop of some of the biggest movements ever to shape our nation's history: the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the fight for gender equality. With photographs and rich historical detail, Margot Lee Shetterly brings to life the struggles these four women, and others, overcame to forever change the face of air and space travel." -- Container.

Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Women mathematicians; African American women; African American mathematicians; Space race; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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Jawed Karim / by Loh-Hagan, Virginia,author.(CARDINAL)617541; Bane, Jeff,1957-illustrator.(CARDINAL)411392;

This biography for early readers examines the life of Muslim Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes table of contents, author biography, timeline, glossary, index, and other informative backmatter. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities.1Grades K-1AD380AD380LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Biographies.; Karim, Jawed, 1979-; YouTube (Firm); YouTube (Electronic resource); Telecommunications engineers; Webmasters; Computer programmers; Internet videos; Online social networks;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism / by Noble, Safiya Umoja,author.(CARDINAL)352686;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.Introduction : The power of algorithms -- A society, searching -- Searching for Black girls -- Searching for people and communities -- Searching for protections from search engines -- The future of knowledge in the public -- The future of information culture -- Conclusion : Algorithms of oppression -- Epilogue."In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem. Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, especially women of color. Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance--operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond--understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices are of utmost importance"--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects: Google.; Search engines; Internet searching; Computer algorithms; Discrimination.;

Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12

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Enchantress of numbers : a novel of Ada Lovelace / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.(CARDINAL)349249;

The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada's father, who was infamously "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," Ada's mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. Any troubling spark of imagination--or worse yet, passion or poetry--is promptly extinguished. Or so her mother believes. <p> When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she at last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Little does she realize that her delightful new friendship with inventor Charles Babbage--brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly--will shape her destiny. Intrigued by the prototype of his first calculating machine, the Difference Engine, and enthralled by the plans for his even more advanced Analytical Engine, Ada resolves to help Babbage realize his extraordinary vision, unique in her understanding of how his invention could transform the world. All the while, she passionately studies mathematics--ignoring skeptics who consider it an unusual, even unhealthy pursuit for a woman--falls in love, discovers the shocking secrets behind her parents' estrangement, and comes to terms with the unquenchable fire of her imagination.

Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852; Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871; Mothers and daughters; Computer programming; Women mathematicians; Inventors;

Available copies: 72 / Total copies: 80

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Doubt / by Tobisman, C. E.,author.;

"When Caroline Auden lands a job at a top Los Angeles law firm, she's excited for the challenge--and grateful for the chance to put her dark past as a computer hacker behind her. Right away, her new boss asks her to find out whether a popular GMO causes healthy people to fall ill. Caroline is only supposed to dig in the trenches and report up the ladder, but her tech background and intuition take her further than planned. When she suspects a link between the death of a prominent scientist and the shadowy biotech giant, she cries foul and soon finds herself in the crosshairs. The clock is ticking and thousands of lives are on the line...including her own. Now this rookie lawyer with a troubled past and a penchant for hacking must prove a billion-dollar company is responsible for thousands of deaths...before they come after her."

Subjects: Legal fiction (Literature); Thrillers (Fiction); Women lawyers; Genetic engineering; Genetically modified foods; Hackers; Murder;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Turing's cathedral : the origins of the digital universe / by Dyson, George,1953-,author.(CARDINAL)135228;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-377) and index.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Principal characters -- 1953 -- Olden Farm -- Veblen's circle -- Neumann János -- MANIAC -- Fuld 2019 -- 6J6 -- V-40 -- Cyclogenesis -- Monte Carlo -- Ulam's demons -- Barricelli's universe -- Turing's cathedral -- Engineer's dreams -- Theory of self-reproducing automata -- Mach 9 -- The tale of the big computer -- The thirty-ninth step -- Key to archival sources -- Notes -- Index"In this revealing account of how the digital universe exploded in the aftermath of World War II, George Dyson illuminates the nature of digital computers, the lives of those who brought them into existence, and how code took over the world. In the 1940s and '50s, a small group of men and women - led by John von Neumann - gathered in Princeton, New Jersey, to begin building one of the first computers to realize Alan Turing's vision of a Universal Machine. The codes unleashed within the embryonic, 5-kilobyte universe - less memory than is allocated to displaying a single icon on a computer screen today - broke the distinction between numbers that mean things and numbers that do things, and our universe would never be the same. Turing's Cathedral is the story of how the most constructive and most destructive of twentieth-century inventions - the digital computer and the hydrogen bomb - emerged at the same time." -- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.; Turing, Alan, 1912-1954.; Computers; Turing machines.; Computable functions.; Random access memory.;

Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17

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