Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper
From the Series STEM Trailblazer Bios
Have you ever taken something apart to see how it works? As a child, Grace Hopper took apart five alarm clocks in a row, trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together. As an adult, she joined the Naval Reserve during World War II and worked on the world’s first large-scale computer.
After the war, Hopper served on a committee organized by the Department of Defense to create a standard computer language. That language, Common Business-Oriented Language, or COBOL, quickly became popular. How did a curious little girl grow up to become the “Grandmother of COBOL”? Learn how her outstanding innovations changed the field of computer programming.
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| Interest Level | Grade 2 - Grade 5 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Interdisciplinary |
| Copyright | 2017 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Lerner Publications ™, LernerClassroom |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2016-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 6.3 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007090, JNF007120, JNF012000 |
| Dewey | 004.092 |
| Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
| Lexile | 910 |
| Guided Reading Level | V |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.8 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 183060 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Glossary words bolded within text, Index, Sidebars, Source notes, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, Timeline, and eSource |
Author: Andrea Pelleschi
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STEM Trailblazer Bios
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