Black pioneers of science and invention.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: African American scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Scientists; Inventors; African Americans -- Biography
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Description: Traces the lives of black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 168-176.
CONTENTS:
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
Rillieux, Norbert, 1806-1894.
Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, 1852-1889.
McCoy, Elijah, 1844-1929.
Woods, Granville T., 1856-1910.
Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928.
Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963.
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943.
Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975.
Hall, Lloyd A., 1894-1971.
Just, Ernest Everett, 1883-1941.
Williams, Daniel Hale, 1856-1931.
Wright, Louis Tompkins, 1891-1952.
Drew, Charles Richard, 1904-1950.