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Who did it first? : 50 scientists, artists, and mathematicians who revolutionized the world
- Title
- Who did it first? : 50 scientists, artists, and mathematicians who revolutionized the world / edited by Alex Hart ; written by Julie Leung ; illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald.
- Author
- Leung, Julie
- Publication
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- 113 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Illustrated book with profiles of the men and women who have revolutionized science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics, with a focus on their accomplishments that were "firsts" in their fields."--
- Series Statement
- Firsts
- Uniform Title
- Firsts.
- Subject
- Scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Artists > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American inventors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American authors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American actresses > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Scientists
- Mathematicians
- Artists
- Biography
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113).
- Contents
- Ada Lovelace ; Maria Mitchell ; Emily Warren Roebling ; Nikola Tesla ; Barnum Brown ; Nettie Stevens ; Robert H. Goddard ; Meret Oppenheim ; Mary Golda Ross ; Claude Shannon ; Maria Tallchief ; Alan Turing ; James E. M. West ; The inventors : featuring Isaac Newton, Charles Fritts, Hedy Lamarr, Temple Grandin, Ralph Baer, Lonnie G. Johnson, and Timothy Berners-Lee ; Jane Goodall ; Mary Allen Wilkes ; Mary Kenneth Keller ; Walter Alvarez ; Alexa Candy ; Leading ladies : featuring Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Caroline Herschel, Elizabeth Blackwell, Ellen Swallow Richards, Marguerite Thomas Williams, Debbie Gibson, Antonia Novello, Ellen Ochoa, Kathryn Bigelow, and Megan Smith ; Thai Lee ; Aretha Franklin ; Sylvia Earle ; Mae Jemison ; Toni Morrison ; John Herrington ; Zaha Hadid ; Jennifer Yuh Nelson ; Mindy Kaling ; Marissa Mayer ; Maryam Mirzakhani ; Tu Youyou ; Ava Duvernay ; Riz Ahmed ; Johanna Lucht ; Who did it first? across time.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-561
- ISBN
- 9781250211712
- 1250211719
- LCCN
- 2019002548
- OCLC
- 1086411683
- Author
- Leung, Julie, author.
- Title
- Who did it first? : 50 scientists, artists, and mathematicians who revolutionized the world / edited by Alex Hart ; written by Julie Leung ; illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald.
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- FirstsFirsts.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113).
- Added Author
- Hart, Alex, editor.Kuhwald, Caitlin, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-561