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003 OCoLC
005 20190501234746.0
008 161228s2016 nyu b 001 0ceng
020 _a9780062363602
040 _cnmt
100 1 _aLee Shetterly, Margot,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHidden figures :
_bthe American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /
_cMargot Lee Shetterly.
250 _aFirst William Morrow movie tie-in tade paperback edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
_c2016.
300 _axviii, 349 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes a Reading group guide.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.
505 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.
520 _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.
600 1 0 _aVaughan, Dorothy.
600 1 0 _aJackson, Mary.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Katherine G.
600 1 0 _aDarden, Christine.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
_xOfficials and employees
_vBiography.
650 0 _aWomen mathematicians
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American women
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American mathematicians
_vBiography.
650 0 _aSpace race.
907 _a.b148089628
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK