EAN: 9780062662378

HIDDEN FIGURES YOUNG READERS EDITION - MARGOT L...

The uplifting  amazing true story?a New York Times bestseller! This edition of Margot Lee
Shetterly's acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It's the powerful story of four
African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments
in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth  or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon
a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as ?human computers? used pencils  slide rules
and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets  and astronauts  into
space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan  Mary Jackson  Katherine Johnson
and Christine Darden  who lived through the Civil Rights era  the Space Race  the Cold War  and
the movement for gender equality  and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the
country.

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