Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper

by Andrea Pelleschi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512407852
• ISBN13: 9781512407853
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6