Bibliograph

Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly

Type

Label

Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (235-248) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

"Recommended for middle readers"--Title page verso

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden figures

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1029074354

Responsibility statement

Margot Lee Shetterly

Sub title

the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space

Summary

The true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space

Table Of Contents

Setting the scene -- A door opens -- Mobilization -- A new beginning -- The double V -- The "colored" computers -- War birds -- The duration -- Breaking barriers -- No limits -- The area rule -- An exceptional mind -- Turbulence -- Progress -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Writing the textbook on space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- One small step -- Timeline -- Glossary

Target audience

juvenile

Creator