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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race

By Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.

Published 2016 by William Morrow, New York, New York

ISBN 9780062363596

Bib Id 2007780

Edition First edition.

Description 346 pages

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02027cam a22004098i 4500
LCCN
2016-021050
ISBN
9780062363596 hardcover $28.00
9780062363602 paperback $16.00
Call #
510.922 S
Author
Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.
Title
Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
2016 by William Morrow, New York, New York :
Description
346 pages
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes.
Subject
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
African American mathematicians--Biography.
Space race.

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