%0 Book %E Glimm, Adele %T Gene Hunter: The Story of Neuropsychologist Nancy Wexler %@ 978-0-309-09558-7 %D 2006 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11548/gene-hunter-the-story-of-neuropsychologist-nancy-wexler %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11548/gene-hunter-the-story-of-neuropsychologist-nancy-wexler %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Explore Science %K %P 128 %X Nancy Wexler is a hunter. Her quarry is the gene responsible for a fatal, inherited sickness called Huntington's disease. Nancy's work is a breathtaking race against time not only for others but maybe for herself, as well. Nancy Wexler is the daughter of a Huntington's patient and is at risk for this disease. Finding this gene is a vital step toward preventing or curing Huntington's and thus saving lives. Nancy's work takes her all over the world, specifically to small villages in Venezuela where the mysterious gene affects more people than anywhere else on the globe. Blood samples generously donated by the villagers hold the clues to discovering the gene. Hunter, detective, scientist: Nancy is all these, plus a friend to people everywhere who are affected by Huntington's and other diseases of the brain. Gene Hunter is the powerful story of a courageous and dedicated woman whose passion for science is both personally and intellectually satisfying. Author Adele Glimm draws on firsthand accounts from Nancy and her friends, family, and colleagues to tell us how a curious, strongminded woman became an accomplished neuropsychologist. This title aligns to Common Core standards: Interest Level Grades 6 - 8; Reading Level Grade level Equivalent: 7.1: Lexile Measure: 1080L; DRA: Not Available; Guided Reading: Z %0 Book %A National Academy of Engineering %T Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century %@ 978-0-309-09649-2 %D 2005 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11338/educating-the-engineer-of-2020-adapting-engineering-education-to-the %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11338/educating-the-engineer-of-2020-adapting-engineering-education-to-the %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %K Engineering and Technology %P 208 %X Educating the Engineer of 2020 is grounded by the observations, questions, and conclusions presented in the best-selling book The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. This new book offers recommendations on how to enrich and broaden engineering education so graduates are better prepared to work in a constantly changing global economy. It notes the importance of improving recruitment and retention of students and making the learning experience more meaningful to them. It also discusses the value of considering changes in engineering education in the broader context of enhancing the status of the engineering profession and improving the public understanding of engineering. Although certain basics of engineering will not change in the future, the explosion of knowledge, the global economy, and the way engineers work will reflect an ongoing evolution. If the United States is to maintain its economic leadership and be able to sustain its share of high-technology jobs, it must prepare for this wave of change. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Mitchell, William J. %E Inouye, Alan S. %E Blumenthal, Marjory S. %T Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation, and Creativity %@ 978-0-309-08868-8 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10671/beyond-productivity-information-technology-innovation-and-creativity %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10671/beyond-productivity-information-technology-innovation-and-creativity %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %P 268 %X Computer science has drawn from and contributed to many disciplines and practices since it emerged as a field in the middle of the 20th century. Those interactions, in turn, have contributed to the evolution of information technology – new forms of computing and communications, and new applications – that continue to develop from the creative interactions between computer science and other fields. Beyond Productivity argues that, at the beginning of the 21st century, information technology (IT) is forming a powerful alliance with creative practices in the arts and design to establish the exciting new, domain of information technology and creative practices—ITCP. There are major benefits to be gained from encouraging, supporting, and strategically investing in this domain. %0 Book %A National Academy of Engineering %T Memorial Tributes: Volume 25 %@ 978-0-309-69653-1 %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26799/memorial-tributes-volume-25 %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26799/memorial-tributes-volume-25 %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Biography and Autobiography %P 458 %X This is the twenty-fifth volume in the Memorial Tributes series compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and international members. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who have personal knowledge of the interests and engineering accomplishments of the deceased.