02246nam a2200349 i 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033020001800074040000800092100003600100245015100136250006200287264008300349300003000432336002100462337002500483338002300508500003600531504006700567505047000634520044401104600002201548600001901570600002601589600002301615610010301638650005201741650003901793650004801832650001601880939993833OCoLC20190501234746.0161228s2016    nyu      b    001 0ceng    a9780062363602  cnmt1 aLee Shetterly, Margot,eauthor.10aHidden figures :bthe American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /cMargot Lee Shetterly.  aFirst William Morrow movie tie-in tade paperback edition. 1aNew York, NY :bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,c2016.  axviii, 349 pages ;c21 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes a Reading group guide.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.0 aA 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.  a"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.10aVaughan, Dorothy.10aJackson, Mary.10aJohnson, Katherine G.10aDarden, Christine.10aUnited States.bNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationxOfficials and employeesvBiography. 0aWomen mathematicianszUnited StatesvBiography. 0aAfrican American womenvBiography. 0aAfrican American mathematiciansvBiography. 0aSpace race.