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Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race Cover Image Book Book

Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race

Shetterly, Margot Lee (author.). Conkling, Winifred, (author.). Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), (illustrator.). Shetterly, Margot Lee Adaptation of (expression): Hidden figures. (Added Author).

Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).

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  • ISBN: 0062742469 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780062742469 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

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Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King illustrator honor award, 2019

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Subject: Space race
African American mathematicians Biography
African American women Biography
Women mathematicians United States Biography
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Officials and employees Biography

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Covington Branch J 510.922 Shet (Text) 33126024818696 JNonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch J 510.922 Shet (Text) 33126023095163 JNonfiction Available -
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