Overview of Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race Book

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 theequations 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 four courageous women whose work forever changed the world..

• Book Type :

Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African

Book Binding :

Paperback

Language :

English

Number of Pages :

ISBN - 10 :

0008201285

Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race Published On :

30 Sep 2016

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