Hidden Human Computers
The Black Women of NASA
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm.
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.
Series: Hidden heroes.
Contents:
NASA's secret -- Human computers -- Educating Black America -- Flight and fight -- Segregated science -- Challenging the space race -- Race, place, and outer space -- Science in space -- Hidden no more -- Timeline -- Essential facts.
Subjects:
Langley Research Center. West Area Computing -- History -- Teen literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Aerospace engineers -- Teen literature.
African American astronauts -- Teen literature.
Women astronauts -- Teen literature.
African American women mathematicians -- Teen literature.
Women engineers -- Teen literature.
African American women -- Teen literature.
Women -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Langley Research Center. West Area Computing -- History -- Teen literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Aerospace engineers -- Teen literature.
African American astronauts -- Teen literature.
Women astronauts -- Teen literature.
African American women mathematicians -- Teen literature.
Women engineers -- Teen literature.
African American women -- Teen literature.
Women -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: Ages 12-17.
ISBN:
9781680783872
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T TECH Edw | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Teen | In |
T TECH Edw | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Teen | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.