Author: Lillie Patterson
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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A biography of the distinguished eighteenth-century black astronomer, farmer, mathematician, and surveyor whose accomplishments include having published a popular almanac and constructed the first completely American-made clock.
Author: Charles A. Cerami
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470303611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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The first biography of a major figure in early US and African American history A household name and unparalleled hero revered in every African American household, Benjamin Banneker was a completely self-taught mathematical genius who achieved professional status in astronomy, navigation, and engineering. His acknowledged expertise and superior surveying skills led to his role as coworker with the Founding Fathers in planning our nation’s capitol, Washington, DC. His annual Banneker’s Almanac was the first written by a black and outsold the major competition. In addition, he was a vocal force in the fight for the abolition of slavery. Yet, despite his accomplishments, there has been no biography of this important man—until now. Written by an author with strong ties across the Washington-Maryland-Virginia area where abolitionist societies revered Banneker, this long overdue biography at last gives the hard-earned attention this prominent hero and his accomplishments deserve.
Author: Laura Baskes Litwin
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766061124
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Describes the life of the African American scientist who taught himself complex mathematics and astonomy, spoke out against slavery, and even corresponded with President Thomas Jefferson.
Author: Laura Baskes Litwin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780766012080
Category : African American scientists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Benjamin Banneker, born in 1731, was a man ahead of his time. As a free African American in a time of slavery, Banneker was not welcome in white society, and he spent most of his life on his Maryland farm. There he harnessed his keen and curious intellect to teach himself complex mathematics and astronomy. Banneker secured a place in history with many accomplishments, including his role in surveying the site for the capital city, Washington D.C., and his published almanacs with precise tide calculations and weather predictions. Banneker's accomplishments were used by abolitionists as proof of the intellectual powers of his race, and Banneker himself was one of the first African Americans to speak out against slavery.
Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0152018921
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Banneker, a free black mathematician and astronomer, takes a stand against slavery and writes Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson about his slave-owning policies.
Author: Joyce E. Chaplin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113749767X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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The essays in this volume seek to examine the uses to which concepts of genius have been put in different cultures and times. Collectively, they are designed to make two new statements. First, seen in historical and comparative perspective, genius is not a natural fact and universal human constant that has been only recently identified by modern science, but instead a categorical mode of assessing human ability and merit. Second, as a concept with specific definitions and resonances, genius has performed specific cultural work within each of the societies in which it had a historical presence.
Author: Claire Gatrell Stephens
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313080186
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 255
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Here's a fresh opportunity to learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. The first half of the book presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator winners and honor books. The entire second half of the book is devoted to activities, including some reproducibles, based on select titles. During the past 30 years, the titles recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award have consistently presented excellent writing, storytelling, history, and values. Stephens's book is designed to help educators learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. After giving background about the award and its history, the author presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator award winners and honor books. The second half of the book is devoted to providing activities based on specific titles. Helpful tips and reproducibles make this a classroom-friendly resource.
Author: E. Landon Hobgood
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1449050859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Patapsco is a novel that fictionalizes the life of the Early American scientist, Benjamin Banneker. It is written in a style that approximates the language of the Eighteenth Century. While the characters and events are both real and imagined, the accomplishments of Banneker are historically accurate. "This work could have been called, A SYMPHONY Of BENJAMIN BANNEKER. The life of this African American genius was such thatits rhythms, movements and colors were in precise design. Banneker was rightly recognized, in his time, as an American original. Other works by this author: SONGS OF THE ZODIAC, In Doo-Wop America ISBN: 0-595-40032-9 HARLEM WRITERS GUILD PRESS/iUNIVERSE THE LEGEND OF MOON MOUNTAIN, Ruwenzori-A Fable For Every Age; ISBN: 978-1-4343-4157-0 AUTHORHOUSE EXCURSIONS, Penny Candy ISBN: 978-1-4401-6159-9 HARLEM WRITERS GUILD PRESS/iUNIVERSE
Author: Henrietta M. Smith
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838934968
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Provides annotations of the winning and honor books, biographies of prominent African American authors and illustrators, and interviews with Jerry Pinkney and author Walter Dean Myers.
Author: A.S. Weber
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770485015
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Nineteenth-Century Science is a science anthology which provides over 30 selections from original 19th-century scientific monographs, textbooks and articles written by such authors as Charles Darwin, Mary Somerville, J.W. Goethe, John Dalton, Charles Lyell and Hermann von Helmholtz. The volume surveys scientific discovery and thought from Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of evolution of 1809 to the isolation of radium by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. Each selection opens with a biographical introduction, situating each scientist and discovery within the context of history and culture of the period. Each entry is also followed by a list of further suggested reading on the topic. A broad range of technical and popular material has been included, from Mendeleev’s detailed description of the periodic table to Faraday’s highly accessible lecture for young people on the chemistry of a burning candle. The anthology will be of interest to the general reader who would like to explore in detail the scientific, cultural, and intellectual development of the nineteenth-century, as well as to students and teachers who specialize in the science, literature, history, or sociology of the period. The book provides examples from all the disciplines of western science-chemistry, physics, medicine, astronomy, biology, evolutionary theory, etc. The majority of the entries consist of complete, unabridged journal articles or book chapters from original 19th-century scientific texts.
