Description
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781454926917
Format: Picture book
Year: 2019
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
Description:
*Winner of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards*
*Winner of the Cook Prize (Silver Medalist)*
*Winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College 2020 in the STEM category*
*Finalist for a SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award, Atlantic Region*
Age range 5+
To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling's critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today's technology.
ISBN: 9781454926917
Format: Picture book
Year: 2019
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
Description:
*Winner of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards*
*Winner of the Cook Prize (Silver Medalist)*
*Winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College 2020 in the STEM category*
*Finalist for a SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award, Atlantic Region*
Age range 5+
To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling's critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today's technology.