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Title Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly.
Author Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.
Publisher New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Description xviii, 346 pages ; 24 cm
Edition First edition.
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 EI-Adult Collection  510.92 SHE Nearby on shelf  30626003045727 04-12-21  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index.
Summary 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.
Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
African American mathematicians -- Biography.
Space race.
Other title American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
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