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HomeHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

  • Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

author Margo Lee Shetterly and book cover for Hidden Figures
  •  Last updated: December 21, 2020

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-Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Available at West Vancouver Memorial Library in Book, Large Print Book, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook CD, and eAudiobook formats.

Biography of Human “Computer” Katherine Johnson

Biography. "One of NASA's human 'computers,' Katherine Johnson performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. Her story is depicted in the 2016 movie 'Hidden Figures.'"

Biography of Mathematician Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

Biography. "Dorothy Johnson Vaughan worked as a mathematician on the SCOUT Launch Vehicle Program that sent America’s first satellites into space."

Biography of Mathematician Mary Jackson

Biography. "Mathematician Mary Jackson was one of a small group of African American women who worked as aeronautical engineers, called "human computers," at NASA during the Space Age."

Book Reporter Review: Hidden Figures

"The history that has come together in these pages wasn't so much hidden as unseen"

Harper Collins Discussion Questions – Hidden Figures

"A Teachers Guide to Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures"

Interview with Aerospace Engineer Christine Darden

The History Makers. Biography. "Aerospace engineer and mathematician Christine M. Darden was born on September 10, 1942 in Monroe, North Carolina."

Margort Lee Shetterly Biography

Author's Website. "I'm the author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (William Morrow/HarperCollins). "

New York Times Review: Hidden Figures

"Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration"

Seattle Times Review: Hidden Figures

"Margot Lee Shetterley’s new book, “Hidden Figures,” tells the story of the African-American female mathematicians employed by NASA and their contributions to the space race, despite the rampant discrimination of the time."

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