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Holt, Nathalia

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 only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design and helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But they were never...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 629.4072 HOL

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