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Hidden figures the true story of four black women and the space race

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Ja...

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Main Authors: Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author), Conkling, Winifred (Author)
Other Authors: Freeman, Laura (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Vaughan, Dorothy, > 1910-2008 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Jackson, Mary, > 1921-2005 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile nonfiction.
Darden, Christine M. > Juvenile nonfiction.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile.
African American mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile.
Space race > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:9780062742469
0062742469

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