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Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper
Contributor(s): Pelleschi, Andrea (Author)
ISBN: 1512407852     ISBN-13: 9781512407853
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
OUR PRICE:   $25.32  
Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Computers - General
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2016006145
Lexile Measure: 910
Series: Stem Trailblazer Bios
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 32 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 183060
Reading Level: 5.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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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 Grandmother of COBOL? Learn how her outstanding innovations changed the field of computer programming.