Hidden figures : the true story of four Black women and the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

By:

Shetterly, Margot Lee [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: [New York] : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018Description: 38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780062742469
0062742469

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DDC classification:

510. 9252 Shett

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Summary: Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were hardworking and persistent and most important, smart. And that s why NASA hired them as mathematicians, also known as colored computers, to help send the United States into space for the very first time. This inspiring story brings to life these four hidden figures and what they overcame to succeed, changing not only their own lives, but the face of air and space travel forever.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Junior Collection	Non-fiction	J 510. 9252 Shett (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		19151

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Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were hardworking and persistent and most important, smart. And that s why NASA hired them as mathematicians, also known as colored computers, to help send the United States into space for the very first time. This inspiring story brings to life these four hidden figures and what they overcame to succeed, changing not only their own lives, but the face of air and space travel forever.

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