Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race
Lee Shetterly, Margot2016
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Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program. Before 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 their white counterparts, these 'colored computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, 'Hidden Figures' interweaves a rich history of mankind's greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
Main title:
Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly.
Author:
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2016.
Collation:
xviii, 346 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: William Morrow.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008201289 (hbk)9780008201302 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
510.9'252510.925510.9252510.9629.4089
Local class:
510.925
Language:
English
Subject:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employeesUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- HistoryAfrican American professional employees -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryAfrican American women -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryDiscrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryRace discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTransportWomen mathematicians -- United States -- BiographyAfrican American mathematicians -- BiographyMathematicians -- United States -- BiographyUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- BiographySpace raceBiographyWomen mathematicians -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryAfrican American mathematicians -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- HistoryPopular Science and MathematicsMathematics
BRN:
1583521
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