Ticktock Banneker's Clock
Author | : Shana Keller |
Publisher | : Sleeping Bear Press |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2016-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1627539654 |
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Throughout his life, Benjamin Banneker was known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy, just to name a few pursuits. But even when he was born in Maryland in 1731, he was already an extraordinary person for that time period. He was born free at a time in America when most African Americans were slaves. Though he only briefly attended school and was largely self-taught, at a young age Benjamin displayed a keen aptitude for mathematics and science. Inspired by a pocket watch he had seen, at the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a pocket-knife. This picture book biography focuses on one episode in a remarkable life.