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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Main Authors: Shetterly, Margot Lee 1969- (Author), Conkling, Winifred (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2018]
Edition:First edition
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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:40 unnumbered pages color illustrations 29 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8
ISBN:9780062742469
0062742469

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