Kid Innovators
Kid Innovators

Author: Robin Stevenson

Publisher: Quirk Books

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1683692284

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Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, Madam C. J. Walker, Hedy Lamarr, Walt Disney, and 12 other international innovators. Throughout history people have experimented, invented, and created new ways of doing things. Kid Innovators tells the stories of a diverse group of brilliant thinkers in fields like technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment, reminding us that every innovator started out as a kid. Florence Nightingale rescued baby mice. Alan Turing was a daydreamer with terrible handwriting. And Alvin Ailey felt like a failure at sports. Featuring kid-friendly text and full-color illustrations, readers will learn about the young lives of people like Grace Hopper, Steve Jobs, Reshma Saujani, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright Brothers, William Kamkwamba, Elon Musk, Jonas Salk, and Maria Montessori.

An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors
An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors

Author: Kremena T. Spengler

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1404870172

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Presents a timeline of inventions from the use of fire in prehistoric times to the iPad in 2010, with an emphasis on developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Calculus for Scientists and Engineers
Calculus for Scientists and Engineers

Author: Martin Brokate

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-08-03

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 9811384649

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This book presents the basic concepts of calculus and its relevance to real-world problems, covering the standard topics in their conventional order. By focusing on applications, it allows readers to view mathematics in a practical and relevant setting. Organized into 12 chapters, this book includes numerous interesting, relevant and up-to date applications that are drawn from the fields of business, economics, social and behavioural sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, and other fields of general interest. It also features MATLAB, which is used to solve a number of problems. The book is ideal as a first course in calculus for mathematics and engineering students. It is also useful for students of other sciences who are interested in learning calculus.

The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy

Author: Wendy Towle

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785755166

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A biography of the Canadian-born black American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over 50 inventions, despite the obstacles he faced because of his race