Table of Contents Patricia Bath Saves Eyesight through Invention 4 Jagadish Bose Makes Wireless Technology Possible Yvonne Brill Helps Power Rockets into space 8 Grace Hopper Changes Computer Programming 10 Shirley Ann Jackson Advances Telecommunications 12 Katherine Johnson Charts a Course for the Moon 14 Hedy Lamarr Acts to Help the War Effort 16 Lewis Latimer Assists Thomas Edison 18 Jerry Lawson Helps Invent the Video Game Console 20 Ada Lovelace First Computer Programmer 22 Alan Turing Invents the Modern Computer 24 James West Lets People Be Heard 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the
Patricia Bath Saves Eyesight through Invention Patricia Bath's interest in science different kinds of people She grew up wanting to help people by using came from her mother She encouraged her daughter to read Science and bought her a chemistry set Growing up in the 1940s Bath Patricia's mother was descended had to work hard to get where she from African slaves and Cherokee wanted to go Some people had Indians Patricia heard stories about racist views about black people people all around the world from Many also thought that women had her father He had been a sailor no place in the world of science and and a newspaper columnist These technology But Bath's talent was stories got Patricia interested in all impossible to ignore By the age of 16 she was winning science awards FESTIVAL INNOVATION She chose a career in medicine A WARDS TR BECA ELM VAL and worked her way through school She specialized in working with eye health or ophthalmology In 1974 she became a professor at the University of California Los Angeles She Bath received a was the first woman the in 2012 Tribeca Disruptive ophthalmology Innovation Award which department's recognizes individuals who overcame challenges and history contributed to society TR BE INNOVATIO
Unsung Heroes Of Technology
From early computer programmers to video game creators, this book introduces those whose contributions to technology were often overlooked.
About This Book
By: Todd Kortemeier
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Published by: 12-Story Library provided by Amicus, part of The Creative Company
