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...

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Hauptverfasser: Shetterly, Margot Lee 1969- (VerfasserIn), Conkling, Winifred (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2018]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung: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- )
Beschreibung:40 unnumbered pages color illustrations 29 cm
Zielpublikum:Ages 4-8
ISBN:9780062742469
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