Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /
Margot Lee Shetterly.
- First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition.
- xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm
Includes reading group guide.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.
An account of the previously unheralded contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their successes.
9780062363602
bl2016052822
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --Officials and employees--Biography. 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. Women mathematicians--United States--Biography. African American women--Biography. African American mathematicians--Biography. Astronautics--History.--United States