Hidden Figures [SCM]
The true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space during an age of shifting laws on segregation. (Note: A pared down Young Readers' Edition is also available for younger students.)
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0062363603
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 24
- Pages
- 368
- Suggested Grades
- 9th - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Virginia, Massachusetts, England, Spain
- Historical Setting
- 1943 - 1969
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Copyright
- Dec 06, 2016
Chapters
- 1 A Door Opens
- 2 Mobilization
- 3 Past Is Prologue
- 4 The Double V
- 5 Manifest Destiny
- 6 War Birds
- 7 The Duration
- 8 Those Who Move Forward
- 9 Breaking Barriers
- 10 Home by the Sea
- 11 The Area Rule
- 12 Serendipity
- 13 Turbulence
- 14 Angle of Attack
- 15 Young, Gifted, and Black
- 16 What a Difference a Day Makes
- 17 Outer Space
- 18 With All Deliberate Speed
- 19 Model Behavior
- 20 Degrees of Freedom
- 21 Out of the Past, the Future
- 22 America Is for Everybody
- 23 To Boldly Go
- Epilogue
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