Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Title: Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly. Format: Book Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee author. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] ©2016 Copyright: ©2016 Description: xviii, 346 pages ; 24 cm Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Subjects: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography. Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography. African American women -- Biography. African American mathematicians -- Biography. Space race. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-328) and index. LCCN: 2016021050 ISBN: 9780062363596 (hardcover) 006236359X (hardcover) Other Number: 950004289 Control Number: 3452327 Total Owned in SHARE 109 # Available: 106 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Course Reserves: 0 Request It Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Available? Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
