Hidden figures: the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016].Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 349 pages; 20 cmContent type:
  • text|2rdacontent.
Media type:
  • unmediated|2rdamedia.
Carrier type:
  • volume|2rdacarrier.
ISBN:
  • 9780062363602
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 510.92520973 S55h c2016
Summary: "Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA`s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country`s future"--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-328) and index.

in English

"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA`s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country`s future"--Back cover.

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