| Edition |
1st Naval Institute Press paperack ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 240 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of naval biography
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Library of naval biography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
When grace Hooper retired as a rear admiral from the U.S. Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at the age of seventy-nine, the oldest serving officer in the Navy. A mathematician by training who became a computer scientist, the eccentric and outspoken Hoper helped propel the Navy into the computer age. She also was a superb publicist for the Navy, appearing frequently on radio and television and quoted regularly in newspapers and magazines. Yet in spite of all the attention she received, until now ""Amazing Grace, "" as she was called, has n. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hopper, Grace Murray.
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Hopper, Grace Murray. |
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Women admirals -- United States -- Biography.
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Women admirals. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Admirals -- United States -- Biography.
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Admirals. |
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Women computer engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women computer engineers. |
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Computer engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Computer engineers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Kathleen Broome. Grace Hopper. Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2012 9781612512655 |
| ISBN |
9781612512655 (electronic book) |
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1612512658 (electronic book) |
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