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02431aam a22004338i 4500 001 D61B473C70D211E6B79D7A86DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160902010111 008 160407s2016 meu db 000 0deng d 010 $a 2016013365 020 $a 1410491374 : HRD 020 $a 9781410491374 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NjBwBT $d SILO 100 1 $a Holt, Nathalia, $d 1980- 245 10 $a Rise of the rocket girls : $b the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / $c by Nathalia Holt. 250 $a Large print edition. 263 $a 1607 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2016. 300 $a pages ; $c cm. 490 0 $a Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Preface -- January 1958 : launch day -- 1940s -- Up, up, and away -- Headed west -- 1950s -- Rockets rising -- Miss guided missile -- Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow -- 1960s -- Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of outer space -- 1970s : today -- Men are from mars -- Look like a girl -- Epilogue. 520 $a In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. 610 20 $a Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b National Aeronautics and Space Administration $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women scientists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women mathematicians $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women computer engineers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626014924.0 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611012947.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629013113.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201015138.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323023032.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006100447.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720045509.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D61B473C70D211E6B79D7A86DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search