Título:
Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA / by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris, JD, PHD.
ISBN:
9781680783872
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Información de publicación:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
Descripción física:
112 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Contenido:
[Table of 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 -- Glossary.
Síntesis:
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.
Información del programa:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 7.7 3 187975
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DAK_521_LEXILE:
1080L Lexile
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DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn958783188
Disponibilidad:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
