Hidden Figures

Name: Hidden Figures
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The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Margot Lee Shetterly

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"Fantastic true story"

Review by Amy on 21st October, 2017

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Bought this book after seeing the movie, and I do not regret it! The book brings you deeper in to the lives of these characters, and gives you a greater understanding of the society they lived in.

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The #1 New York Times Bestseller Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘coloured computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures’ interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

Author Biography:

Margot Lee Shetterly is a journalist and independent researcher currently developing The Human Computer Project, a collaboration with Macalester College American Studies professor Duchess Harris to create a digital archive of the stories of NASA's African-American Human Computers. In 2005, she founded Inside Mexico Magazine, which became the most widely distributed English language publication in Mexico. She's been profiled in the LA Times and Editor and Publisher, among other publications.

Release date Australia

February 9th, 2017

Author

Margot Lee Shetterly

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

384

Dimensions

129x198x23

ISBN-13

9780008201326

Product ID

25106838

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