Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Lee Shetterly, Margot. Hidden figures.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Lee Shetterly, Margot. Hidden figures.
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
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Status
Port Angeles - J Nonfiction
J 510.9252 SHETTER
1 available
J 510.9252 SHETTER
1 available
Sequim - J Nonfiction
J 510.9252 SHETTER
1 available
J 510.9252 SHETTER
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Port Angeles - J Nonfiction | J 510.9252 SHETTER | Available |
Sequim - J Nonfiction | J 510.9252 SHETTER | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 5.8, 1 Points
Level 5.8, 1 Points
Notes
Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).