Item details: Hidden women : the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race - 48189410

Hidden women : the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race

text Hidden women : the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race

Rissman, Rebecca

Summary: Includes stories about Katherine Johnson, Miriam Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, Annie Easley, and Christine Darden.

Contents: Get the girl -- The space race -- Running numbers -- A woman in the wind tunnel -- Testing rockets -- Annie Easley and the centaur -- A year of tragedy and new hope -- The moon landing, a dream come true -- "Houston, we've had a problem" -- After ... Read more

Format: text

Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Publisher: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2018

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	J 920 RIS in Juvenile Nonfiction	Available

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