Hidden figures
the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
Lee Shetterly, Margot
creator
text
nyu
2016
First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition
monographic
eng
xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm
"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future"--Back cover
A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who move forward -- Breaking 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
Margot Lee Shetterly
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index
United States.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Officials and employees
Biography
Women mathematicians
United States
Biography
African American women
Biography
African American mathematicians
Biography
Space race
0062363603
9780062363602
YDXCP
160217
20190729110505.0
939993833
eng