Bibliograph

Hidden human computers, the black women of NASA, by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris and Duchess Harris, JDm PHD

Type

Label

Hidden human computers, the black women of NASA, by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris and Duchess Harris, JDm PHD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12-17

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden human computers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958783188

Responsibility statement

by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris and Duchess Harris, JDm PHD

Series statement

Hidden heroes

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG+, 7.7, 3, 187975.

Sub title

the black women of NASA

Summary

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.--, Source other than the Library of CongressEdwards and Harris discuss the critical contributions black women made to NASA in the 1950s. They performed by hand the calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Their efforts made it possible for young black women of subsequent generations to become the mathematicians and astrophysicists of today.--, Source other than the Library of Congress

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Black women of NASA

Classification