Hidden Figures [SCM]
by Margot Lee Shetterly Author
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
- 9780062363602
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 24
- Pages
- 368
- Suggested Grades
- 10th - 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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