STEM trailblazer BIOS MATHEMATICIAN P AND COMPUTER SCIENTIST GRACE HOPPER ANDREA PELLESCHI Lerner Publications Minneapolis
Chapter 1 procession Old fashioned alarm clocks contained many gears which made it hard for Grace to put her alarm clocks back together after she took them apart T A LOVE OF LEARNING race Murray was always fascinated by how things worked When she was just seven years old she took apart her alarm clock She wanted to know what made the clock ring But when she unscrewed the back plate gears and
springs fell out Grace did not know how to put them back together Luckily she had another alarm clock She could open it and see where all the gears went But this one had the same problem As soon as she opened the back everything fell out Grace opened five more alarm clocks The same thing happened each time When Grace's parents discovered the clocks they did not scold her They encouraged her love of learning In fact her mother let her have one alarm clock just so she could experiment on it Born in 1906 Grace was raised differently from most girls of the time She didn't like playing with dolls or tea sets These toys were popular between 1910 and 1920 Grace particularly liked toys she could build with N A INS
