EAN: 9780062742469

HIDDEN FIGURES - MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY GEBUNDEN

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie  author
Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of
four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers! Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson  Katherine Johnson  and Christine Darden were good at math...really good. They
participated in some of NASA's greatest successes  like providing the calculations for
America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman
limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius
minds to change the world. In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition  we explore the
story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA  known as colored computers  and
how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based
career. Finally  the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NASA put the
first men in space is available for picture book readers  proclaims Brightly in their article
18 Must-Read Picture Books of 2018. Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math  believe in
themselves  and reach for the stars.

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