Rise of the rocket girls [LP] the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars

In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed ro...

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Main Author: Holt, Nathalia, 1980-
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
Edition:Large print edition.
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