Hidden Figures : The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (9780008201326)

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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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 384 pages
• Dimensions 129 x 198 x 23mm | 260g
• Publication date 01 Feb 2017
• Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint William Collins
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0008201323
• ISBN13 9780008201326
• Bestsellers rank 2,037

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