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Author

Webster, Raymond B.

Title African American firsts in science & technology / Raymond B. Webster ; guest foreword by Wesley L. Harris.

Imprint

Detroit : Gale Group, c1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	500.8996073 W397a	---	Available

Description	xiii, 462 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-385) and indexes.
Summary	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."
Subject	African American scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Scientists.
	Inventors.
	Afro-Americans -- Biography.
ISBN	0787638765 (hc.)