Pioneering American Computer Geniuses

by Mary Northrup

It is hard to imagine a world without computers. The people found in this book are largely responsible for creating the high-tech world in which we live today. These computer geniuses include early programmers like Grace Hopper and Herman Hollerith, computer chip inventors like Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, and business people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Readers take a look at thirteen individuals whose work has helped bring modern computers to...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766041670
• ISBN13: 9780766041677
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12