An edition of Hidden human computers (2017)

Hidden human computers

the black women of NASA

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An edition of Hidden human computers (2017)

Hidden human computers

the black women of NASA

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Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth.

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ABDO Publishing Company, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Language
English
Pages
112

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Aerospace engineers, African American astronauts, Langley Research Center. West Area Computing, Juvenile literature, History, United States, Langley Research Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Women astronauts, African American women, African American women mathematicians, Women engineers, African Americans, Biography, Women, Astronauts, Astronauts, juvenile literature, Women mathematicians, African American mathematicians, Space race, Langley Research Center. West Area Computing -- History, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History, Aerospace engineers -- Juvenile literature, African American astronauts -- Juvenile literature, Women astronauts -- Juvenile literature, Women -- Biography, African Americans -- Biography

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Table of Contents

NASA's secret
Human computers
Educating Black America
Flight and fight
Segregated science
Challenging the space race
Race, place, and outer space
Science in space
Hidden no more
Timeline
Essential facts.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.

Ages 12-17.

Series
Hidden heroes, Hidden heroes
Other Titles
Black women of NASA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
629.45
Library of Congress
QA27.5 .E39 2017, QA27.5.E39 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
112 pages
Number of pages
112

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27237424M
Internet Archive
hiddenhumancompu0000edwa
ISBN 10
1680783874
ISBN 13
9781680783872
LCCN
2016910293
OCLC/WorldCat
958783188

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20057415W

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