Mathematician and Computer Scientist, Caryn Navy (American Women in Science Biography)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0932469124 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 31 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Caryn married an electrical engineer and together they started their own successful computer company.. This is the true story of a little girl, Caryn Navy, who, after she became blind at age 10, began to find mathematics fascinating. An independent girl, she learned to travel the subways of New York by herself, trained with a seeing-eye dog, went to college in another state, and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics and computer science
To help children make the connection between their lives and the lives of the 15 American scientists profiled in the series, the author emphasizes the girlhoods of the future scientists, showing how different girls overcame different barriers--for example of gender, race, language, disability, and poverty--to achieve successful c