Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2016
32 pages
978-1-5124-1088-4 (ISBN)
Description
Have you ever taken something apart to see how it works? As a child, Grace Hopper took apart five alarm clocks in a row, trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together. As an adult, she joined the Naval Reserve during World War II and worked on the world's first large-scale computer. After the war, Hopper served on a committee organized by the Department of Defense to create a standard computer language. That language, Common Business-Oriented Language, or COBOL, quickly became popular. How did a curious little girl grow up to become the "e;Grandmother of COBOL"e;? Learn how her outstanding innovations changed the field of computer programming.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Publishing group
Lerner Publishing Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fifth Grade, Reading Age: From 9 to 10 years, Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Illustrations
Glossary; Index
File size
4,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5124-1088-4 (9781512410884)
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Andrea Pelleschi
Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper
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08/2016
Lerner Publishing Group
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Photo Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Chapter 1 A Love of Learning
- Chapter 2 The Mark Computers
- Chapter 3 A Computer Revolution
- Chapter 4 Computers in Business
- Chapter 5 A Short Retirement
- Timeline
- Source Notes
- Glossary
- Further Information
- Index
- Back Cover
