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Rise of the rocket girls :
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xiii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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First Back Bay paperback edition, January 2017.
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New York, New York : Back Bay Books (Little, Brown and Company), 2017.
Summary 
In the 1940s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians, it recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and brain power, helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But their hearts lay in the dream of space exploration, and when JPL became part of NASA, the computers helped send the first probes to the moon. Later, through their efforts, we launched the ships that showed us the contours of our solar system. For the first time, Nathalia Holt tells the stories of these women, who charted a course not only for the future of space exploration but also for the prospects of female scientists. Based on extensive research and interviews with the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls illuminates the role of women in science, both where we've been and the far reaches of space to which we're heading.
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TEEN HIS HOLT
Publication Date 
2016-2017
Language 
English
ISBN 
9780316338905
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Holt, Nathalia
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