What are you figuring now? : a story about Benjamin Banneker /

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by Ferris, Jeri.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Authors: Johnson, Amy,--ill. Series: A Carolrhoda creative minds book Published by : Carolrhoda Books, (Minneapolis :) Physical details: 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject(s): Banneker, Benjamin, --1731-1806 --Juvenile literature. | Banneker, Benjamin, --1731-1806. | Astronomers --United States --Biography --Juvenile literature. | Afro-Americans --Biography --Juvenile literature. | Astronomers. | Afro-Americans --Biography. Year : 1988 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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A biography of the Afro-American farmer and self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor for the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness.