The Resource Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
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The item Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages
- Note
- First published: 2016
- Isbn
- 9780008201326
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race
- Title
- Hidden figures
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race
- Statement of responsibility
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future
- Cataloging source
- QBCL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lee Shetterly, Margot
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Women mathematicians
- African American women
- African American mathematicians
- Space race
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Note
- First published: 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059508325
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008201326
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)969401516
- Label
- Hidden figures : the untold story of the African American women who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Note
- First published: 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059508325
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008201326
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)969401516
Subject
- trueSpace race
- United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- African American mathematicians -- Biography
- trueAfrican American women -- Biography
Genre
Included in
- trueAfrican American History (Teens)
- trueAmelia Bloomer Lists - Young Adult Nonfiction: 2017
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Nonfiction Category
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults: 2016
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Science & Technology Books: 2016
- trueHistorical Women
- trueNational Academies Communication Award
- trueOuter Space Reads
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2017
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