Hidden figures : the untold story of the african american women who helped win the space race

Author

• Shetterly, Margot Lee

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: HarperCollins , 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9780008201326

Series

Subject(s)

• AFRICAN AMERICANS-BIOGRAPHY
• WOMEN--BIOGRAPHY

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 319-328. Index: p. 329-346

Abstract

Before 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, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘coloured computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures' interweaves a rich history of mankind's greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xx, 346 p.

Dimension

20 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

A door opens --
Mobilization --
Past is prologue --
The double V --
Manifest destiny --
War birds --
The duration --
Those who move forward --
Breaking barriers --
Home by the sea --
The area rule --
Serendipity --
Turbulence --
Angle of attack --
Young, gifted, and black --
What a difference a day makes --
Outer space --
With all deliberate speed --
Model behavior --
Degrees of freedom --
Out of the past, the future --
America is for everybody --
To boldly go.

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