The women who launched the computer age
(2016)
Nonfiction
Book
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Call Numbers:
READ/BIOGRAPHY/CALKHOVEN,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Simon Spotlight, [2016]
DESCRIPTION
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781481470476, 1481470477 :, 9781481470476 (hardcover), 1481470477 (hardcover), 9781481470483, 1481470485, 9781481470469, 1481470469
LANGUAGE
English
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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.). --
Age 6-8
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