Hidden figures: large print book discussion kit

by Shetterly, Margot Lee

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Title Statements

Full title :Hidden figures : large print book discussion kit / by Margot Lee Shetterly.

Summary

Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South's segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America's aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam's call, moving to Hampton, Virginia, and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Even as Virginia's Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley's all-black "West Computing" group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Assembled by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Place of Publication:Frankfort, Kentucky
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

Title from discussion guide.

Edition of book used: HarperLuxe, 2016.

For in-state use only. Requests must be submitted by Kentucky public libraries.

The Physical Object

Description:15 books (xxiv, 543 pages), 1 audiobook (9 CDs, 10.75 hr.), 1 discussion guide ; : in container

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780062466440, 9781441709585, 0062466445, 1441709584
oclc:on1002636483

Subjects

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