Hidden Figures The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Date Published
2019
Synopsis
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
Book Details
Number of Pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Language
en
Edition
1