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

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, transfo...

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Main Author:	Holt, Nathalia, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History. Women mathematicians > United States > Biography. Women mathematicians > United States > History. Rocketry > United States > History. Astronautics > United States > History.
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