Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Harris, Duchess, author,
Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Children's Juvenile
629.45 Edw
1 available
629.45 Edw
1 available
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017].
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 7.7, 3 Points
Level 7.7, 3 Points
Lexile measure
1080
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.
Description
Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth.
Target Audience
Ages 12-17.
Target Audience
1080L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,7.7,3,187975.
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Other Subjects
Aerospace engineers.
African American astronauts.
African American women mathematicians.
African American women.
African Americans -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History.
Women -- Biography.
Women astronauts.
Women engineers.
African American astronauts.
African American women mathematicians.
African American women.
African Americans -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History.
Women -- Biography.
Women astronauts.
Women engineers.