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Title Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt.
Publisher New York : Little Brown and Company, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Description xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs ; 25 cm
Edition First edition.


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 EI-Adult Collection  629.4072 HOL Nearby on shelf  30626002990667 01-24-17  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
Summary "In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- History.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
Rocketry -- History.
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Other title Women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars
ISBN 9780316338929