Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 — Content Guide for Parents
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon.
It includes fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, and Bill Gates.
From the abacus to artificial intelligence, machines through the ages have pushed the boundaries of human capability and creativity.
Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.
Big Ideas That Changed the World series:
Rocket to the Moon! (#1)
Machines That Think! (#2)
A Shot in the Arm! (#3)
We the People! (#4)
All Charged Up! (#5)
Frequently asked questions
Is Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 appropriate for a 7-year-old?
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Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have violence?
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Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have scary content?
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Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have race & culture?
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Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Machines That Think! Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 have gender & orientation?
Couldn't confirm: The sources list historical figures such as Alan Turing but do not describe how the book covers their personal lives.
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