Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016Edition: First William Morrow movie tie-in tade paperback editionDescription: xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062363602Subject(s): Vaughan, Dorothy | Jackson, Mary | Johnson, Katherine G | Darden, Christine | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography | Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography | African American women -- Biography | African American mathematicians -- Biography | Space race| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 510.92 SHET (Browse shelf) | Available | 36425 |
Includes a Reading group guide.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.
A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who move forward -- Breaking barriers -- Home by the sea -- The area rule -- Serendipity -- Turbulence -- Angle of attack -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Outer space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- To boldly go.
"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-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation." -- Publisher's description.
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