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2018., HarperCollins Call No: E SHE Edition: 1st picture book edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2017]., General, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD 791.43 Hid Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows three African American women working as human computers for NASA during the space race of the 1950s and 1960s.
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2016., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES Edition: 1st William Morrow movie tie-in trade pbk. ed. published 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before John Glenn orbited 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..."--Amazon.com.
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2016., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Gen Sci & Math NF LEE Edition: 1st William Morrow movie tie-in trade pbk. ed. published 2016. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before John Glenn orbited 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..."--Amazon.com.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 510.9 SHETTERLY Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: 510.9 LEE Edition: Young readers' edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Learn information about the crucial role that four African-American women played in the space race with this informative book.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES Edition: Young readers ed., Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.
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[2016]., Juvenile, Harper Call No: 920 SHE Edition: Young readers' edition, First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Explores the true story of four African American female mathematicians recruited by the U.S. government during World War II to work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Their job involved being "human computers," using pencils, slide rulers, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would allow rockets and astronauts to be launched out of the atmosphere.
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[2016], Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 510.92 52 0973 Edition: Young readers ed., 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FIC LEE Edition: Young readers' edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws, these "colored computers," as they were known, used slide rules, adding machines, and pencil and paper to support America's fledgling aeronautics industry, and helped write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Drawing on the oral histories of scores of these "computers," personal recollections, interviews with NASA executives and engineers, archival documents, correspondence, and reporting from the era, Hidden Figures recalls America's greatest adventure and NASA's groundbreaking successes through the experiences of five spunky, courageous, intelligent, determined, and patriotic women: Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden, and Gloria Champine. Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of five women whose work forever changed the world -- and whose lives show how out of one of America's most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: HI-INT 510.9 LEE Edition: Young readers' edition. First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws, these "colored computers," as they were known, used slide rules, adding machines, and pencil and paper to support America's fledgling aeronautics industry, and helped write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Drawing on the oral histories of scores of these "computers," personal recollections, interviews with NASA executives and engineers, archival documents, correspondence, and reporting from the era, Hidden Figures recalls America's greatest adventure and NASA's groundbreaking successes through the experiences of five spunky, courageous, intelligent, determined, and patriotic women: Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden, and Gloria Champine. Moving from World War II through NASA's golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women's rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of five women whose work forever changed the world -- and whose lives show how out of one of America's most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.
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[2016], Juvenile, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 920 SHETTERLY Edition: Young readers' edition, First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hidden Figures follows the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Daren, who participated in some of the United States' greatest aeronautic successes. These women lived through and persevered against the backdrop of some of the biggest movements ever to shape our nation's history: the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the fight for gender equality. it also describes how the Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes.
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2016., Juvenile, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 920 SHETTERLY Edition: Young readers' edition, First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians - Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden - to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes. .
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2017., Juvenile, Thorndike Press Call No: 510.92 520973 Edition: Young readers' edition, Large print edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the true story of four African American female mathematicians recruited by the U.S. government during World War II to work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Their job involved being "human computers," using pencils, slide rulers, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would allow rockets and astronauts to be launched out of the atmosphere.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GENERAL SCIENCE & MATH NF SHE Edition: Young readers ed., 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.
