Download or read book Black Pioneers of Science and Invention written by Louis Haber and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
Download or read book African Americans in Science Math and Invention written by Ray Spangenburg and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astronauts, physicists, chemists, biologists, agriculture specialists, and others who have dedicated their lives to improving humankind's knowledge and understanding of the universe through science, math, and invention are.
Download or read book Technology and the African American Experience written by Bruce Sinclair and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intersection of race and technology: blackcreativity and the economic and social functions of the myth ofdisengenuity.
Download or read book African American Scientists and Inventors written by Tish Davidson and published by Mason Crest Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses African American contributions to science and invention.
Download or read book Blacks and Science Volume Three written by Robin Walker and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did YOU know that a camera invented by a Black astrophysicist was used during the Apollo 16 space mission to collect ultraviolet images photographed from the moon?In fact did you know any of the following facts?• An early eighteenth century Virginia slave developed effective treatments against skin and venereal disease. In fact: 'His work was so outstanding that in 1729 the Virginia Legislature bought him from his owner, thus freeing him from slavery, to practice medicine exclusively'• Astronomical works by a late eighteenth century Black mathematician and astronomer were widely read and 'became a household staple in early America along with the Bible'• A nineteenth century African American blacksmith patented an invention described as 'the most important single invention in the whole history of whaling'• A nineteenth century inventor of Black South American heritage created such a revolution in the shoe industry, that it was said of him: 'What Edison is to artificial lighting, [he] is to footwear'• By 1913, African Americans held around 1,000 patents for various inventions in household goods, industrial machinery, transportation, electricity and chemical compounds• A Black physicist extended the Quantum Theory in the 1920s• Henry Ford described a Black botanist in the 1930s as 'the greatest living scientist'• Another Black chemist invented synthetic cortisone, an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis that broke the monopoly that European chemists had on the production of sterols• Twelve Black scientists and mathematicians worked on the Manhattan Project, i.e. the American nuclear bomb project, during World War II• A Black surgeon headed the blood bank system of the US and the UK during World War II• The research of a Black physicist and inventor of the 1960s may hold a key to addressing the main concerns of our times – dwindling sources of useable energy, rising energy costs, and increasing demand for energyFor too many people, it may be the first time that they had ever encountered such information. This is unfortunate. I believe that African and African Diasporan science history is a subject that has had too little attention paid to it. Some important writers have ventured into the field; Professor Ivan Van Sertima and his team, Mr J. A. Rogers, Mr Samuel Kennedy Yeboah, Dr Louis Haber, and Mr Hunter Havelin Adams III. My work synthesises and updates their findings. I also present the data in an easy to digest, bite-size way.This book is a general introduction to the role played by the African Americans in the evolution of the Space Sciences, Invention, Mathematics & Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany & Zoology, and Medicine & Surgery.
Download or read book African American Firsts in Science Technology written by Raymond B. Webster and published by Gale Research International, Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents capsule accounts of notable first achievements by African Americans, arranged in the categories "Agriculture and Everyday Life, " "Dentistry and Nursing, " "Life Science, " "Math and Engineering, " "Medicine, " "Physical Science, " and "Transportation."
Download or read book African and African American Science and Invention written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 9 African American Inventors written by Robert C. Hayden and published by Twenty-First Century Books (CT). This book was released on 1992 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the achievements of nine Afro-Americans responsible for inventions related to important parts of modern life such as refrigeration, electric lighting, and transportation.
Download or read book What Color Is My World written by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people’s pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people’s lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more — inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter. Back matter includes an authors’ note and sources.
Download or read book Black Inventors written by Keith Holmes and published by Global Black Inventor Resea. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success, highlights the work of Black inventors from over seventy countries. The author, Keith C. Holmes, has spent more than twenty years researching Black inventors from countries that include Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, St. Vincent, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and the United States. Without inventions, innovations, financial resources, materials, muscle and labor saving devices, civilizations cannot exist and flourish. This book documents a number of inventions, patents and labor saving devices conceived by Black inventors. Among many other inventions, pre-enslaved Africans, developed agricultural tools, building materials, medicinal herbs, cloth and weapons. Although historical documents emphasize that millions of Black people arrived in Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America and the United States under slavery's yoke, it is relatively unknown that thousands of Africans and their descendants developed numerous labor-saving devices and inventions that spawned companies which generated money and jobs, worldwide. While most authors focus primarily on American and European inventors, Keith Holmes introduces inventions, both past and present, that Black people, developed and patented globally and multiculturally.Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success, also features early Black inventors from virtually every state in the US. It includes details about the first Black inventor who obtained a patent in both the Caribbean and the United States. To date, seventeen African American men have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Two inventors, Jan E, Matzeliger, (Suriname) and Elijah McCoy, (Colchester, Canada) were not born in this countryThe material available in this book, one of the first to address the diversity of black inventors and their inventions from a global perspective, effectively gives the reader, researcher, librarian, student, and teacher the materials they need to understand that the Black inventor is not only a national phenomenon, but also a global giant.
Download or read book African and African American Science and Invention 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African and African American Science and Invention written by Ivan Van Sertima and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inspiring African American Inventors written by Jeff C. Young and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the lives and accomplishments of nine African American inventors whose inventions changed the world, including Howard Latimer, George Washington Carver, and Madam C.J. Walker.
Download or read book Contributions of African American Scientists to the Fields of Science Medicine and Inventions written by Robert B. Sanders and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists included in this book represent the fields of biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, dentistry, engineering, entomology, genetics, geology, mathematics, medicine, nursing, physics, psychology, sociology, zoology, and inventions. Described here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science including inventions. These individuals have contributed in large and small ways that might have been overlooked when chronicling the history of science.
Download or read book Contributions of African American Scientists to the Fields of Science Medicine and Inventions Second Edition written by Robert B. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1035 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists included in this book represent the fields of biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, dentistry, engineering, entomology, genetics, geology, mathematics, medicine, nursing, physics, psychology, sociology, zoology, and inventions. Described here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science, including inventions. These individuals have contributed in large and small ways that might have been overlooked when chronicling the history of science. All individuals included here were listed in the published literature. The author conducted no interviews, and no suggestions were accepted solely on the basis of hearsay. There is no intent to be all-inclusive. The selections were strictly the author's. Many important contributions have been omitted, especially those of recent years, because a limit had to be set. This book shows that African Americans made many contributions to the sciences, medicine, education, and inventions as slaves, as freed persons, and as immigrants. They made contributions during the period of slavery, segregation, sharecropping and the modern era. Their contributions had and continue to have an impact on the economy of the United States, and the convenience, education, health, safety, security, and welfare of its citizens. These contributors improved the economic well-being of individuals and groups of individuals. They saved lives, improved the health of people, alleviated much pain and suffering, and raised the levels of education and knowledge. The activities and deeds of George Washington Carver, Ernest Everett Just, Percy Lavon Julian, and Charles Richard Drew, who are arguably the greatest of the African American scientists and who have made great contributions, exemplify these characteristics. Some of their research, creations, and contributions will have an influence--at home and abroad--well into the future.
Download or read book Connect the Dots with African American Inventors written by Jasmine Renner and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American inventors have trailed the blaze and done remarkable feats in history through their inventions. Yet, little is known about some of them, inspite of their legacy and contribution to their generation. With inventions such as home security systems, touch-tone phones, caller- ID, fiber optic cables, gas mask, traffic signals, face maker, tissue holder, animation on the web, thermo-electric energy converter, carbon filament, laser surgical device and so much more; these honorable pioneers of light have left an indelible mark in history. African American inventors span the gender spectrum from male, female, kids, and sibling inventors. We need to CELEBRATE them. We need to etch their work in our minds and historically by connecting the dots. We must honor them by connecting the DOTS in this dynamic Connect the DOTS activity book and probe deeper, as we learn about their journeys and inventions. Connect the DOT with African American Inventors by Jasmine Renner is not the usual Dot-to-Dot activity workbook. This book goes beyond connecting the dots. This Connect the DOT book looks up! It celebrates. It honors. It is filled with HOPE and COURAGE. It is filled with light makers, light bearers, light pioneers, light game-changers, light connectors who are AFRICAN AMERICANS. It is a positive educational and reflection tool for EVERYONE. It points us to history wrapped with service to the human race in a profound way. For your children, students, and family, it is an enlightenment tool and a fun pastime activity that is value laden. Your kids, students or and family will learn more about African American inventors and their inventions. Stop for a moment and take your kids and students on this remarkable journey of discovering inventors and their inventions. Settle down to learn about African American productivity in its highest level. Help your kids and students them to think about the courage, grit and determination these LIGHT BEARERS had to endure to bring to us all the finest of their minds in the form of products and services. Connect the DOTS and submerge yourself into their "world" and learn something about them. This activity book can be used in any curriculum and for the study of history, science, reading and innovation. It can be also be used as a relaxation fun and past time activity for families and children. Using a "creative" and "educational" approach, this learning resource allows your kids or your students to engage in a hands-on learning activity by connecting the DOT with African American inventors. Their names are already at the bottom of the connect the DOT worksheet which makes this DOT-to- DOT worksheet unusual yet unique. It is not the guessing of their names that matter in this connect the dot worksheet. It is the content of their innovative and inventive minds that this book seeks to laser on. The goal is for you to flip back to the answer key provided at the back of the book and read about their invention after you have connected the dots and known their names. You will find remarkable and eye-opening facts and stories that you and your kids or students will learn about for the first time. Fill your kids and students' mind with the goodness and positive energy that these inventors bequeathed to their generation. Do not stop there. Plan to do yours and leave a mark in history. The activity book comes with (19) printable connect the DOT with African American inventors' worksheet. In addition, the inventor's story, journey, and Invention Answer Key is included at the back of the book. African American inventors spot lighted in this book include male, female, and sibling inventors from the 18th to the 21st century. Engage your kid(s) with this fun and educative activity and past time relaxing and giving your mind something positive to work on. Enter into the world of " African-American inventors" by connecting the dots.
Download or read book African American Inventors Scientists written by Joanne Randolph and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From soil-preserving crop rotation methods and innovative beauty products to the filaments that made electric light bulbs possible and laser probes that correct cataracts, African American inventors and scientists have revolutionized daily life in the modern world. With profiles of towering figures like George Washington Carver, Madam C. J. Walker, and Mae Jemison, this inspiring collection celebrates the often unsung and little known accomplishments and innovations of African American scientists, engineers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. They overcame injustice, prejudice, and inequality of access to triumph in every American field of endeavor, from agriculture to the space program.
