Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASAs African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in Americas space programand whose contributions have been unheralded, until now.
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- ISBN: 0062363603
- ISBN: 9780062363602
- Physical Description: xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.
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General Note: | Includes a reading group guide. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index. |
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Acknowledgments | 267 | (6) | |||
Notes | 273 | (46) | |||
Bibliography | 319 | (10) | |||
Index | 329 | (18) | |||
Reading Group Guide | 347 |