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



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Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay

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 ‘colored 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.


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30154925 SHE HIDGreen School Library (DDC - 900)Available

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Series Title
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Call Number
925 SHE HID
Publisher William Collins : United Kingdom.,
Collation
Paperback, 346 pages
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
9780008201326
Classification
510
Content Type
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Media Type
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Carrier Type
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Edition
Young readers' edition.
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Specific Detail Info
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction (2017), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2017), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2016)
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