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21) Space heroes
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.
22) Proving ground: the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xix, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer - a machine built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in twenty seconds rather than forty hours by human hand - even though there...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
True story of six women who programmed the ENIAC computer as part of a secret WWII mission. They learned to program the computer without any software, instructions or tools (none existed.). --
The story of Jean Jennings, Kay McNulty, Frances Bilas, Ruth Lichterman, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff, who were chosen to work on the ENIAC computer.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Indiana "Ana" Aaron is a talented coder and IT specialist, but she doesn't always fit in at work. When she speaks up one too many times for her boss's ego, she's transferred to a remote team-and it's clear this is her last chance to blend in. Ana sees working from home as a chance at redemption; she can keep her head down and her camera off. But when her new boss praises her assertiveness and thanks Mr. Aaron, she sees no reason to correct him. But...
Author
Series
Maine justice volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
479 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Harvey and Jennifer buy the house next door for Jennifer's brother and his wife, but workers replacing the furnace find a skeleton buried in the basement. The Priority Unit is quickly called to the scene to investigate the murder which leads to a missing person cold case and a recent home invasion"--
26) Superman III
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Gus Gorman, a naћive computer programming natural. For Gus, a keyboard is a weapon - and, as a result Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Superman's human side comes out as he sees Lana Lang at his Smallville High School class reunion. Superman becomes his own worst enemy after a Kryptonite exposure.
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
98 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension - or to be accurate, one dimension less. To save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a dangerous two-dimensional world ruled by polygons. If they can return home safely with a Turtle of Light, they might just stand a chance in their final showdown with Dr. One-Zero!"--Page [4] of cover.
28) Access denied
Author
Series
Turing Hopper mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : 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
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jean Bartik was one of the first programmers of the Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). Learn how her love of math led her to work for the Army and then help develop the ENIAC."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pearl Harris has learned the hard way to be careful in work and in love. When she is appointed acting director of OurCode, a nonprofit aimed at inspiring high schoolers to code, she has a chance to make lasting change for the organization, but a scandal has put their reputation at risk. Further complicating matters, Pearl didn't expect the one man she hasn't stopped thinking about in seven years to be the newest member of her board of directors....
35) Antitrust
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young computer whiz working for the world's largest computer company gets caught up in a web of deceit and conspiracy after his best friend is murdered.
36) Body electric
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
A woman creates an artificial intelligence and must find a body for him and escape the dark empire that rises to destroy him.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 203 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When these 15 women coders and engineers face impossible problems, they don't quit--they find solutions. They are all doing amazing work in technical fields while overcoming unique challenges not equally faced by male colleagues. Engineering and coding have typically been considered men's fields of study, but these innovative women are showing that problem solving with science and math is everyone's field, and it's time for the world to see powerful...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Nev Bourne is a hotshot programmer for the latest and greatest tech invention out there: SavePoint, the brain implant that rewinds the seconds of all our most embarrassing moments. She's been working non-stop on the next rollout, even blowing off her boyfriend, her best friend and her family to make SavePoint 2.0. But when she hits go on the test-run, she wakes up the next day only to discover it's yesterday. She's falling backwards in time, one...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A woman having no luck with online dating creates an anonymous dating review app and is paired at work on a project with a haughty content writer whom she realizes is the most-reviewed walking red flag on her app.
A woman with high standards. A rival coworker. And the promotion that stands between them... Coder Marina Spicer has no time to waste when it comes to love, hence her long list of dealbreakers. Frustrated by the online dating world, she...
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