Rocket girl : the story of America's first female rocket scientist (Record no. 34073)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781616147396 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 629.4092 |
| Item number | MOR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Morgan, George D. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Rocket girl : the story of America's first female rocket scientist |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Prometheus Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2013 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Guilford : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 325 p. ; |
| Other physical details | ill., |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 1602.00 |
| Price type code | ₹ |
| Unit of pricing | 01 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. On the opposite side of the world, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school in Ray, North Dakota. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later, the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined. World War II and the Cold War space race with the Russians changed the fates of both von Braun and Mary Sherman Morgan. When von Braun and other top engineers could not find a solution to the repeated failures that plagued the nascent US rocket program, North American Aviation, where Sherman Morgan then worked, was given the challenge. Recognizing her talent for chemistry, company management turned the assignment over to young Mary. In the end, America succeeded in launching rockets into space, but only because of the joint efforts of the brilliant farm girl from North Dakota and the famous German scientist. While von Braun went on to become a high-profile figure in NASA's manned space flight, Mary Sherman Morgan and her contributions fell into obscurity--until now"--Publisher's description. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | United States |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biography |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Women Rocket scientists |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Aeronautics |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mary Sherman Morgan |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fuel |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | DAU | DAU | 26/05/2025 | KB | 1602.00 | 629.4092 MOR | 035593 | 10/06/2025 | Books |