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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Winifred Conkling

4.4/5 ( ratings)

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 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.

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins

Release: January 16, 2018

ISBN: 0062742469

ISBN 13: 9780062742469

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Winifred Conkling

4.4/5 ( ratings)

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 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.

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins

Release: January 16, 2018

ISBN: 0062742469

ISBN 13: 9780062742469

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