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Technology Book for Girls, The: and Other Advanced Beings
This title in the Books for Girls series looks at technology that girls encounter every day, such as CD players, microwave ovens and touchscreens. Filled with fun, easy-to-do activities, it encourages girls to experiment and explore. They are also introduced to eight women who work in exciting technological careers, including an astronomer, a radio frequency inspector and a plant physiologist.
Hardcover
First published March 1, 2001
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About the author
Trudee Romanek
20 books11 followersAs a kid, Trudee Romanek enjoyed reading, singing, and playing, pretending the porch railing was a horse she could ride and putting on puppet shows. She used to daydream about becoming a veterinarian or a singer, but never a writer. The only children's writers she knew about lived in England.
Her love on books took her to university for English and drama sand into the field of editing, first textbooks and then trade children's books. As the editor of Books from OWL, she learned lots working with talented non-fiction writers such as Jay Ingram, Kathy Ferris, Elizabeth MacLeod, and Sylvia Funston. Once Trudee had a family, she worked from home as a freelance editor of non-fiction and picture books and began to write small projects for magazines and educational publishers. Each project bolstered Trudee’s interest in writing and her confidence in her own abilities until, gradually, writing became her primary focus.
Trudee’s books have been nominated for many awards, including The Science in Society Children’s Book Award, Silver Birch Award, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, and Red Cedar Information Book Award, which she won in 2006/2007 for her book Aha! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Intelligence.
She has dabbled in writing plays and even a musical and her first novel, Raising the Stakes, was published in October 2015.
Her love on books took her to university for English and drama sand into the field of editing, first textbooks and then trade children's books. As the editor of Books from OWL, she learned lots working with talented non-fiction writers such as Jay Ingram, Kathy Ferris, Elizabeth MacLeod, and Sylvia Funston. Once Trudee had a family, she worked from home as a freelance editor of non-fiction and picture books and began to write small projects for magazines and educational publishers. Each project bolstered Trudee’s interest in writing and her confidence in her own abilities until, gradually, writing became her primary focus.
Trudee’s books have been nominated for many awards, including The Science in Society Children’s Book Award, Silver Birch Award, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, and Red Cedar Information Book Award, which she won in 2006/2007 for her book Aha! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Intelligence.
She has dabbled in writing plays and even a musical and her first novel, Raising the Stakes, was published in October 2015.
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December 5, 2017
While it is obvious that the title is meant to be inclusive of the other gender in a humorous way, the age reference is incorrect. For adults can also learn a great deal about how basic, everyday technologies operate from this book.
It opens with the application of infrared beams in television remotes, smoke detectors, automatic doors, the hand dryers and faucets and toilets that automatically work when needed. The next step is lasers that are used to scan barcodes on books, library cards, items in stores, on CDs and how they are used in medicine.
The different types of touchscreens, fiber optics, what satellites are used for and some of the uses for radio waves are the last topics covered. The most interesting fact was about polar bears. The hair of a polar bear is in fact a collection of optical fibers. The hair is not white, but clear. The fibers conduct the sunlight down to the black skin of the bears, warming the bear against the frigid Arctic temperatures.
Many of the devices that people in a modern industrial society use on a daily basis are explained in detail, yet at a level that the middle school teen can understand. This is a great book for people of all ages and genders with an interest in technology.
It opens with the application of infrared beams in television remotes, smoke detectors, automatic doors, the hand dryers and faucets and toilets that automatically work when needed. The next step is lasers that are used to scan barcodes on books, library cards, items in stores, on CDs and how they are used in medicine.
The different types of touchscreens, fiber optics, what satellites are used for and some of the uses for radio waves are the last topics covered. The most interesting fact was about polar bears. The hair of a polar bear is in fact a collection of optical fibers. The hair is not white, but clear. The fibers conduct the sunlight down to the black skin of the bears, warming the bear against the frigid Arctic temperatures.
Many of the devices that people in a modern industrial society use on a daily basis are explained in detail, yet at a level that the middle school teen can understand. This is a great book for people of all ages and genders with an interest in technology.
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