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100			_aShetterly, Margot Lee
245			_aHidden figures : the untold story of the African-American women who helped win the space race
260			_bWilliam Collins, _c2017 _aLondon :
300			_axviii, 346 p. ; _c20 cm
365			_b599.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aSet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as 'Human Computers', calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these 'colored computers' used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, this book interweaves a rich history of mankind's greatest adventure with the intimate stories of four courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
650			_aAfrican American women
650			_aBiography
650			_aSpace race
650			_aNASA
650			_aSupersonic flight
650			_aHuman computers
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