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Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the FutureClick. Whir. Buzz. Not so long ago, math problems had to be solved with pencil and paper, mail delivered by postman, and files were stored in paper folders and metal cabinets. But three women, Betty Snyder, Jean Jennings, and Kay McNulty knew there could be a better way. During World War II, people hoped ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), one of the earliest computers, could help with the war effort. With little guidance, no
Click. Whir. Buzz.Not so long ago, math problems had to be solved with pencil and paper, mail delivered by postman, and files were stored in paper folders and metal cabinets. But three women, Betty Snyder, Jean Jennings, and Kay McNulty knew there could be a better way. During World War II, people hoped ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), one of the earliest computers, could help with the war effort. With little guidance, no instructions, and barely any access to the machine itself, Betty, Jean, and Kay used mathematics, electrical engineering, logic, and common sense to command a computer as large as a room and create the modern world. The machine was like Betty, requiring outside-the-box thinking, like Jean, persistent and consistent, and like Kay, no mistakes, every answer perfect. Today computers are all around us, performing every conceivable task, thanks, in large part, to Betty, Jean, and Kay's pioneering work. Instructions Not Included is their story.
This fascinating chapter in history is brought to life with vivid prose by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn and with striking illustrations by Chelsea Beck. Detailed back matter including historical photos provides a closer look.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/08/2019
ISBN: 9781368011051
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.20w x 0.60d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Booklist 06/01/2019 pg. 81
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 135
Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506656 / Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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