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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition: Young Readers' Edition of Hidden Figures―Celebrating African American Women Pioneers at NASA - Couverture souple

Shetterly, Margot Lee

 
9780062662378: Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition: Young Readers' Edition of Hidden Figures―Celebrating African American Women Pioneers at NASA
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0062662376 ISBN 13 : 9780062662378
Editeur : HarperCollins, 2016

Synopsis

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award—nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women in STEM who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.

In this beautifully illustrated picture book biography, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career, becoming heroes of the Space Race.

"Finally, the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NASA put the first men in space is available for picture book readers," proclaims Brightly in their article "18 Must-Read Picture Books of 2018." "Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math, believe in themselves, and reach for the stars."

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À propos de l'auteur

Margot Lee Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in her book Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research on women in computing. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Éditeur
HarperCollins
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0062662376
ISBN 13 
9780062662378
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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