Ticktock Banneker's Clock

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Ticktock Banneker's Clock is written by Shana Keller and published by Sleeping Bear Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1627539654 (ISBN 10) and 9781627539654 (ISBN 13).

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.