Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /

Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-...

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Main Author:	Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016 New York, NY : William Morrow, [2016]
Edition:	First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition
Subjects:	Schwarze, .. United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration. United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld African American mathematicians > Biography African American women > Biography Space race Women mathematicians > United States > Biography CHR 2016 PRO Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy) Conquête de l'espace Mathématiciennes > États-Unis > Biographies Mathématiciens noirs américains > Biographies Noires américaines > Biographies 20th Century African American mathematicians African American women Astronautics > United States > History Astronautics > United States > Hitory Conquête de l'espace > États-Unis Conquête de l'espace > États-Unis Employees Femmes scientifiques > Biographies HISTORIES HISTORY / United States / 20th Century MATHEMATICS Mathematikerin NASA PROGRAMS NASA programs Noirs > Ségrégation > États-Unis Raumfahrtprogramm SCIENCE / Space Science SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies Schwarze Sexisme dans les sciences Women mathematicians Mathematical Computing Women, Working > history > United States Black or African American > history Space Flight > history > United States United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography United States Biography Biographies Staff pick Biographies > ^A3346755 Biography > UNAUTHORIZED

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