Benjamin Banneker : American mathematician and astronomer / Bonnie Hinman ; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., senior consulting editor.
by Hinman, Bonnie; Schlesinger, Arthur Meier.
Material type: BookSeries: Colonial leaders. Publisher: Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000Description: 79 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0791053482 :.Subject(s): Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 | Astronomers -- Biography | African American scientists -- BiographyDDC classification: 520/.92 | B Summary: A biography of the eighteenth-century African American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy and helped survey what would become Washington, D.C.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.
A biography of the eighteenth-century African American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy and helped survey what would become Washington, D.C.
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