Girls think of everything : stories of ingenious inventions by women
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Girls think of everything : stories of ingenious inventions by women
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ISBN:
9781328772534
Edition:
New edition
Publication Info:
Boston
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Houghton
Mifflin,
[2018]
℗♭2018
Physical Description:
106 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"The illustrations are mixed media. Collages photographed"--Title page verso
Selected timeline on endpapers
Contents:
Chocolate chip cookie: Ruth Wakefield -- LuminAID: Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta -- Windshield wipers: Mary Anderson -- Turning plastic into fuel: Azza Abdelhamid Faiad -- Kevlar: Stephanie Kwolek -- Hot seat: Alissa Chavez -- Computer compiler, Grace Murray Hopper -- ReThink, Trisha Prabhu -- Paper bag folding machine, Margaret E. Knight -- Laserphaco probe, Dr. Patricia Bath -- Space bumper, Jeanne Lee Crews -- Combating drought with orange peels: Kiara Nirghin -- Scotchgard: Patsy O. Sherman -- Snugli: Ann Moore -- Roominate: Alice Brooks and Bettina Chen --
Summary:
Expanded and revised, this new edition of the best-selling book celebrates the ingenious inventions of women throughout time. As inspiring as they are fascinating, these stories empower readers to imagine, to question, to experiment, and then to go forth ... and invent
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 2 43785
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