Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA
Title:
Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA
Author:
Edwards, Sue Bradford, author.
ISBN:
9781624023118
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color).
Series:
Hidden heroes
Hidden heroes.
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.
Abstract:
Edwards and Harris discuss the critical contributions black women made to NASA in the 1950s. They performed by hand the calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Their efforts made it possible for young black women of subsequent generations to become the mathematicians and astrophysicists of today.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
Reading Level:
Ages 12-17.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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