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Author:
Lee Shetterly, Margot, author.
Title:
Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Retail edition.
Publisher:
Harper Audio,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
9 audio discs (approximately 10 hours, 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Women mathematicians--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
African American mathematicians--Biography.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography.
Space race.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Miles, Robin, narrator.
Notes:
Read by Robin Miles.
Contents:
A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who moved forward -- Breaking the barriers -- Home by the sea -- The area rule -- Serendipity -- Turbulence -- Angle of attack -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Outer space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- To boldly go.
Summary:
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americaâ‚‚s greatest achievements in space.
ISBN:
1441709657
9781441709653
Locations:
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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