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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /

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Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee Shetterly, Margot
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
African American mathematicians > Biography.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography.
Space race.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
African American mathematicians.
African American women.
Employees.
Women mathematicians.
United States.
Biography.

Evans: Library Stacks

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Evans: Library Stacks

Holdings details from Evans: Library Stacks
Call Number: QA27.5 .L44 2016
 
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QA27.5 .L44 2016 Available