Women who launched the computer age
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
Record details
- ISBN: 1518218733
- ISBN: 9781518218736
- ISBN: 1481470469
- ISBN: 9781481470469
- ISBN: 1481470485
- ISBN: 9781481470483
- ISBN: 1481470477
- ISBN: 9781481470476
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Physical Description:
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Edition: Simon Spotlight Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon Spotlight, [2016]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The world before computers -- World at war -- Meet the human computers -- Top secret! -- The amazing ENIAC -- Trailblazers -- But wait...there's more! |
Target Audience Note: | Age 6-8. |
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Summary:
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.