African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention (A to Z of African Americans)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816083312 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Each enlightening entry provides an exciting biographical profile, surveying Significant events in that person's life related to his or her accomplishments in science, math, or invention, followed by an up-to-date further reading list on that individual. In research labs, university classrooms, NASA training facilities, and the administrative boardrooms of major institutions African Americans have been important innovators, from early times to the present day. The astronauts, physicists, chemists, biologists, agriculture specialists, and others who have dedicated their lives to improving humankind's knowledge and understanding of the universe through science, math, and invention are profiled in this volume in the new A to Z of African Americans series. With easy-to-access information, for general readers and students alike, this book offers fascinatin
A Great Classroom and Personal Library Text I used this as a reference book for my students to use when completing projects on African American scientists and inventors. They really made good use of it.
The entries range in length from 4 to 18 paragraphs, and each entry concludes with suggestions for further reading.In addition to the entries themselves, the volume contains a list of the entries in alphabetical order and a bibliography, which includes Web sites. From Booklist What do Angella Dorothea Ferguson, Mae Carol Jemison, Garrett Augustus Morgan, and Lloyd Albert Quarterman have in common? They are among the 160 scientists profiled in this addition to the A to Z of African Americans series from Facts On File. Each entry begins with birth and death dates and the subject's particular area of science. Jemison, a physician, was the first African American woman in space. The volume concludes with a useful general index that enables the researcher to identify biographees who were slaves, attended the University of Chicago, or were awarded pat
Three of his nonfiction books have been chosen Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. Steve is also a playwright and has his own theater company that brings one-person plays about American history to schools. . RAY SPANGENBURG, with Kit Moser has written many books on science and the history of science, including Niels Boher: Gentle Genius of Denmark (1995)