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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Creston Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Learn about 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.
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2016., Adolescent, Abrams ComicArts Call No: GN TUR Ott Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who cracked the German Enigma code, enabled a group of British code breakers to shorten World War II by years. That alone would be enough to secure Turing's place in history, but his genius did not stop there. He launched modern computer science through his creation of the universal Turing machine and the Imitation Game, an artificial-intelligence test that is still in use today.
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[2017]., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the woman mathematician whose childhood love of numbers led to her prestigious education and contributions at NASA while explaining how her handwritten codes proved essential throughout numerous space missions.
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By Brown, Box2016., Adolescent, First Second Call No: GN 794.8 BRO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistable, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit.
