Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
Shetterly, Margot Lee2018
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Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers! Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at maths - really good. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world. In this picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.
Main title:
Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
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Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : Harper, [2018]©2018
Collation:
40 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780062742469 (hbk)
Dewey class:
510.92520973920.008510.925510.92
LC class:
QA27.5
Local class:
J 510.925920J510.925
Language:
English
Subject:
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureSpace race -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 5+Science, Maths and TechnologyWomen mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American mathematicians -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureSpace race -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
BRN:
2187311
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