The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America
by Jan Lower and Susan Reagan
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- PK-6
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Year Published 2023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- English Language Arts
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- Subject Headings
- Engineers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Electrical engineers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Calculators--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Clarke, Edith, 1883-1959--Juvenile literature
- Women engineers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2024

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2024

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Winner, 2024

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2023
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