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

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

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  • ISBN: 9780062363602
  • ISBN: 0062363603
  • ISBN: 9780062363602 : PAP
  • ISBN: 0062363603 : PAP
  • Physical Description: xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.
Summary, etc.: "Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future"--Back cover.
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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  • 30 of 30 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.

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