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Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the
space race (39829) |
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| | Physical
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Illustrated
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Primary, Intermediate (PI)
| | Collection
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Professional Library
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| | Synopsis
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Based on the bestselling book and awardnominated movie, here is a
picture book version of the true story. It includes a timeline, brief
biographies of the women, a glossary, and an author's note. "Before
John Glenn orbited the Earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a
group of dedicated female mathematicians -known as human computers
-used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the
numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This
book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson,
Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden. These four African-American
women lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold
War, and the movement for gender equality, while their work forever
changed the face of NASA and the country"—Amazon.com.
| | Author
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Shetterly, Margot Lee
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Conkling, Winifred,; Freeman, Laura
| | Dimensions
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29 cm
| | Edition
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First edition.
| ISBN#
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9780062742469
| | Parts
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38 unnumbered pages
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Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by
Laura Freeman.
| | Subjects
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African Americans—Biography;
Astronautics—Biography;
Black history;
Mathematicians—Biography.;
United States—Biography;
Women—Biography;
Diversity(CK);
Conkling, Winifred,—author(A);
Freeman, Laura—(Illustrator),—illustrator(A);
United States.—National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Off(A)
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E SHE
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