Hidden figures [LP] the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race

"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-solvers w...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lee Shetterly, Margot (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book Large Print
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Harper Luxe [2016]
Edition:	First Harper Luxe edition.
Subjects:	Women mathematicians > United States > Biography. African American women > Biography. African American mathematicians > Biography. Space race. Biographies. Large print books.
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