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02688aam a2200481 i 4500 001 C7D62740412A11ECA0CE13B35DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211109010019 006 m jo d 007 cr bnu---unuuu 008 170207r20172016nyua jsb 001 0ceng d 020 $a 0062662392 020 $a 9780062662392 040 $a MnBnMLM $b eng $c MnBnMLM $e rda $d MnBnMLM $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 04 $a QA27.5 $b .L44 2017 082 04 $a 510.92/520973 $2 23 100 1 $a Shetterly, Margot Lee, $e author. 245 10 $a Hidden figures : $b the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space / $c Margot Lee Shetterly. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Harper, $c [2017] 300 $a 1 online resource (231 pages) : $b illustrations 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Setting the scene -- A door opens -- Mobilization -- A new beginning -- The double V -- The "colored" computers -- War birds -- The duration -- Breaking barriers -- No limits -- The area rule -- An exceptional mind -- Turbulence -- Progress -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Writing the textbook on space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- One small step. 510 3 $a Booklist, $b 3/1/2017 510 3 $a Horn Book Guide, $b 10/2017 520 $a Explores the true story of four African American female mathematicians recruited by the U.S. government during World War II to work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Their job involved being "human computers," using pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would allow rockets and astronauts to be launched out of the atmosphere. 521 0 $a 8.2. 521 2 $a 5-8. 521 8 $a 1120 $b Lexile. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 17 $a United States. $b National Aeronautics and Space Administration $x Officials and employees $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Mathematicians $z United States $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a African American women $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Space race. $2 sears 650 7 $a African Americans $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Women $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a Electronic books. $2 sears 856 40 $u http://www.mackinvia.com/4228995 $y Click here to open $5 Destiny(102) 526 $a Accelerated Reader AR $b MG $c 8.2 $d 6.0 $z 187011. $5 HDHS 526 $a Reading Counts RC $c 10.6 $d 10.0 $z 70166. $5 HDHS 941 $a 1 952 $l 0YSX353 $d 20220315011438.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C7D62740412A11ECA0CE13B35DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search