Trailblazers in Science and Technology – serie
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Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, & Vivien Thomas
Mending Children's Hearts
Av Lisa Yount
Inbunden, 2011
409 kr
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In 1944, Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas revolutionized surgical treatment of the heart and nearby blood vessels—through an improbable partnership among a white male surgeon, a white female physician, and an African-American male laboratory technician. Separately, each of these …
Edward Pickering and His Women ""Computers
Analyzing the Stars
Av Lisa Yount
Inbunden, 2012
398 kr
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In the 42 years that Edward Pickering directed the Harvard College Observatory, he and his team of women ""computers"" made strides in promoting the new field of astrophotography, discovered the first spectroscopic binary star system, and cataloged more than 225,000 stars. Pickering hired women …
Nikola Tesla
Harnessing Electricity
Av Lisa Yount
Inbunden, 2011
398 kr
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As a scientist and businessman, Nikola Tesla saw his fortunes reverse as many times as his alternating current method of conducting electricity. Born in Croatia, Tesla found his way to America where he met fellow inventor Thomas A. Edison. However, the two brilliant men did not share similar …
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Information at Your Fingertips
Inbunden, 2012
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When Stanford graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin collaborated on the search engine Google, they didn't realize that their invention would soon become so ingrained in Web culture that its name would be used as a verb. As the search engine of choice worldwide, Google ranks Web sites' …
Trailblazers in Science and Technology Set, 9 Volumes
Av Lisa Yount
Inbunden, 2012
3613 kr
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The Trailblazers in Science and Technology series profiles the men and women who made scientific discoveries that greatly broadened human knowledge—and even changed society or saved lives. These captivating biographies describe those breakthroughs in science and explore the qualities that made …
