Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
Margot Lee Shetterly (Author)
"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future"--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2016
First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition View all formats and editions
[publisher not identified], [Place of publication not identified], 2016
Biography
8 books (349 pages) in a bag ; 21 cm + 1 laminated sheet
9780062363602, 0062363603
988107696
A zippered plastic bag containing eight paperback copies of the title
1 laminated sheet containing author biography and discussion questions. Author's note
Prologue
A door opens
Mobilization
Past is prologue
The double V
Manifest destiny
War birds
The duration
Those who move forward
Breaking barriers
Home by the sea
The area rule
Serendipity
Turbulence
Angle of attack
Young, gifted, and black
What a difference a day makes
Outer space
With all deliberate speed
Model behavior
Degrees of freedom
Out of the past, the future
America is for everybody
To boldly go
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Reading group guide
Includes reading group guide (pages 347-349)