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neighbour Irene Miller, he gets the idea to have the computer prepare homework. With his friend Joe Pearson and with Irene, they program the contents of textbooks into the computer. They have some success with the machine before it is sabotaged. Danny figures out what is wrong with the machine and corrects the problem. Danny's teacher also learns about the machine, and gives a special challenge to the Homework Champions.
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is used for the first (and possibly only) time in the series, with Danny and Irene attempting to get a homework question answered. The call signs used would have been accurate for midwestern operators in that era, but not for the mode used (shortwave). In any event, there was too much static and the
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Professor Bullfinch has created a new design of computer in which the government may be greatly interested. He has to go away and leaves Danny Dunn the responsibility of continuing the process of programming data files into it. After using the computer to answer a question for his new friend,
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was turned into a musical children's album on both Golden Records (Golden LP 239) and Wonderland Records (WLP-338), with music composed by Julie Mandel.
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The "homework machine" is in the style of the large mainframe computers of the 1950s, but uses magnetic tapes, and microphone input instead of paper
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children resorted to opening the windows and talking across the alley.
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The book was first published in 1958 and originally illustrated by
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series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by
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Paperback, 1983 reissue, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
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Raymond Abrashkin
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Danny Dunn
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Danny Dunn on a Desert Island
Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine
Danny Dunn
Raymond Abrashkin
Jay Williams
Ezra Jack Keats
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