Title:
Girls think of everything : stories of ingenious inventions by women
Author:
Thimmesh, Catherine author.
ISBN:
9781328772534
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Edition:
New edition.
Physical Description:
106 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:
Books
General Note:
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 --
Abstract:
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 2 43785.
Local Note:
Donated by the Puyallup Public Library Foundation. Celebrating the redesign of the Children's Area--2019.
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Added Author:
