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Hidden Figures

- The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Af: Margot Lee Shetterly Engelsk Paperback

Hidden Figures

- The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Af: Margot Lee Shetterly Engelsk Paperback
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The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
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The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780008201326
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0008201323
Udg. Dato: 9 feb 2017
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 9 feb 2017
Forfatter(e): Margot Lee Shetterly
Forfatter(e) Margot Lee Shetterly


Kategori Sent 20. århundrede, 1950 til 1999


ISBN-13 9780008201326


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 384


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 9 feb 2017


Oplagsdato 9 feb 2017


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers