Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars
- Summary
- During World War Il, when the brand-new minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women--known as "computers"--who, with ... Read more
- Contents
- January 1958 : Launch day -- 1940s. Up, up, and away ; Headed west -- 1950s. Rockets rising ; Miss Guided Missile ; Holding back ; Ninety days and ninety minutes ; Moonglow -- 1960s. Analog overlords ; Planetary pull ; The Last Queen of Outer Spac... Read more
- Format
- Description
- xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company 2016
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| Peninsula Community Library | 629.4072 HOL in Adult | Available |
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