Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code (People Who Shaped Our World, 1) - Hardcover

Wallmark, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1454920009 ISBN 13: 9781454920007

Verlag: Union Square Kids, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

A fascinating picture book biography of Grace Hopper, a pioneering computer engineer known as “The Queen of Code” and “Amazing Grace.” She is responsible for much of the computer coding we take for granted today.

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Laurie Wallmark is passionate about getting the word out to young people about successful women in science. She has degrees in Biochemistry from Princeton University, Information Systems from Goddard College, and Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut book was a picture book biography of Ada Byron Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books) received four starred reviews (Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal), praise in The New York Times, and numerous awards. Laurie lives in NJ. Follow her on Facebook: @lauriewallmark.
 
With a BFA in Illustration and Entertainment Arts from Pasadena Art Center College of Design in 2007, Katy Wu has worked for Google, Laika, Pixar, CinderBiter, and Simon & Schuster. Grace Hopper is her first picture book; her second, Dumpling Dreams, written by Carrie Clickard (Simon and Schuster), is scheduled for fall 2017. Having worked on such projects as the feature film Coraline, and various shorts (La Luna, Car Toons) as well as CG, 2D, stop motion, online games, and content for social media platforms, Katy is an incredible talent. She lives and freelances in New York City. Follow her online at katycwwu.tumblr.com.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Union Square Kids
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1454920009
• ISBN 13: 9781454920007
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Wu Katy
• Anzahl der Seiten: 48
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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