Item details: Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space - 48123646

Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space

text Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space

Shetterly, Margot Lee

Summary: Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or 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, talen... Read more

Contents: Setting the scene -- A door opens -- Mobilization -- A new Beginning -- The double V -- The "colored" computers -- War birds -- The duration -- Breaking barriers -- No limits -- The area rule -- An exceptional mind -- Turbulence -- Progress -- You... Read more

Format: text

Description: 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Publisher: Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016

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