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Black pioneers of science and invention / Louis Haber.
LIBRA Q141 .H2 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haber, Louis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American scientists.
- African American inventors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American inventors.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- collective biographies.
- Literature
- Biographies
- Juvenile works.
- Biographies.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- 1st Odyssey Classics ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Orlando, Fla. : Odyssey Classic/Harcourt, 1992, ©1970.
- Summary:
- Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
- Contents:
- Benjamin Banneker
- Norbert Rillieux
- Jan Earnst Matzeliger
- Elijah McCoy
- Granville T. Woods
- Lewis Howard Latimer
- Garrett A. Morgan
- George Washington Carver
- Percy Lavon Julian
- Lloyd A. Hall
- Ernest Evertt Just
- Daniel Hale Williams
- Louis Tompkins Wright
- Charles Richard Drew.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0152085661
- 9780152085667
- OCLC:
- 221689316
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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