Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space /

Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from...

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Main Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Edition:Young readers' edition.
Subjects:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Biography.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Space race > Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians.
African American women.
African American mathematicians.
Space race.
Biographies.
Biography.
Juvenile works.
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