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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A fascinating look at Ada Lovelace, the pioneering computer programmer and the daughter of the poet Lord Byron" -- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Explore
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One sunny day in June, a new super science hero was born. His name was Alan Turing. When Super Evil Nemesis calls on his minions to confound and confuse Alan because of his incorruptible curiosity and profound puzzle powers, it turns out he's not easy to defeat. This is the amazing (mostly) true story of how Alan Turing's superpower of curiosity helped him to become a spectacular scientist and change the world"--
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014].
Physical Desc
xxxii, 736 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936-- the concept of a universal machine-- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. This work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Physical Desc
40 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Lovelace had a unique education and embraced mathematics. She became one of the biggest believers in engineer Charles Babbage's ideas for calculation machines. This graphic biography shows how Lovelace helped spread awareness of what an early computer could do and how she became one of the first computer programmers. It also...
Author
Publisher
Creston Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers an illustrated telling of the story of Ada Byron Lovelace, from her early creative fascination with mathematics and science and her devastating bout with measles, to the ground-breaking algorithm she wrote for Charles Babbage's analytical engine.
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Regarded as the most influential scientist of all time, Isaac Newton made amazing strides in both physics and mathematics. From formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation to building the first reflecting telescope, Newton was the scientific revolutionist of his time. This title includes primary sources, sidebars, prompts and activities, charts and graphs, and much more." -- From publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American hardcover edition in English.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrated ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A blunt and humorous profile of Isaac Newton focusing on his disagreeable personality and showing that his offputting qualities were key to his scientific breakthroughs" --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st hardcover ed.
Lexile measure
IG 940L
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest thinkers of all time, Isaac Newton gave the world an accurate understanding of forces and motion throughout the universe. He went to college but learned much about science on his own, by observing, experimenting, and thinking carefully. Newton's laws of motion explain, in a few sentences, how and why things move, or don't move, when forces act on them. He also studied and described gravity and the makeup of light, and he created...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her narcissistic mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as martyred ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron and had Ada tutored at home by some of the brightest minds. Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen,...
16) Alan Turing
Author
Series
Description
In this book discover the life of Alan Turing, the genius code cracker and father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher. When his young friend died, Alan retreated to the world of numbers and codes, where he discovered how to crack the code of the Nazi Enigma machine.
17) Alan Turing
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book discover the life of Alan Turing, the genius code cracker and father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher. When his young friend died, Alan retreated to the world of numbers and codes, where he discovered how to crack the code of the Nazi Enigma machine.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the war of 1939-45, Turing was also the father of the modern computer. Today, all who 'click-to-open' are familiar with the impact of Turing's ideas.