Hidden Figures

Type

Book

Authors

Margot Lee Shetterly

ISBN 10

0062662376

ISBN 13

9780062662378

Tags

english, anglais, history, histoire, biography, biographie, Historical, historique, science, Math, Astronomy, Multicultural, Women, African-American, Lexile 1120L

Abstract

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.

Description

Compétences : Lire Débutant complet : non
Thèmes : Culture et civilisation -- Histoire -- Informatique -- Mathématiques -- Politique
Documents inclus : Texte littéraire original

Descriptif : non-fiction, histoire

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