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.
- ISBN10 1634718666
- ISBN13 9781634718660
- Publish Date 1 October 2016 (first published 1 September 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Sleeping Bear Press
- Format eBook
- Language English