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

Shetterly, Margot Lee (author.). Lee Shetterly, Margot. Adaptation of (expression): Hidden figures. (Added Author).

Summary: New York Times bestselling author Margot Lee Shetterly's book is now available in a new edition perfect for young readers. This is the amazing true story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.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, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062662392
ISBN: 0062662392
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource : illustrations
Edition: Young readers' edition, First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed December 14, 2016).