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Hidden Figures explores the biographies of three African-American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA. For the first years of their careers, the workplace was segregated and women were kept in the background as human computers.
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- 2016
Dec 6, 2016 · The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space—a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America.
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- $10.17
- William Morrow & Company
Sep 6, 2016 · A nonfiction book about the African-American female mathematicians who worked as 'Human Computers' at NASA and contributed to the Space Race. Read ratings, reviews, quotes, and more on Goodreads, the world's largest community for readers.
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- Paperback
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space—a powerful, revelatory contribution that is as essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern Americ...
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- Margot Lee Shetterly
In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.
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- $21.77
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- HarperCollins
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.
- Margot Lee Shetterly
Jan 16, 2018 · Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers! Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson ...
- Margot Lee Shetterly
