Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition | |
ISBN: 9780062662378 Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author) Publisher: HarperCollins Published: November 2016 Retail: $9.99 OUR PRICE: $6.39 You Save 36% Binding Type: Paperback Annotation: The uplifting, amazing true story--a New York Times bestseller This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly's acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Astronomy |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2016952958 |
Lexile Measure: 1120 |
Physical Information: 7.50" H x 750.00" L x 5.10" W |
Bargain Category: Transportation, Technology, Science, Reference, Middle School, Math, History, Biographies, Astronomy, African-American, U.S. History, Upper Elementary |
Grade level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th |