Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Format: Book Author: Edwards, Sue Bradford, author. Title: Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA / by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris ; content consultant, Duchess Harris. Publisher, Date: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017] ©2017 Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. 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. Target Audience Note: Ages 12-17. Series: Hidden heroes Hidden heroes. Subjects: Langley Research Center. West Area Computing -- History. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History. Aerospace engineers. African American astronauts. Women astronauts. Genre: Biographies. Other Author: Harris, Duchess, author, consultant. Other Title: Black women of NASA Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index. Contents: NASA's secret -- Human computers -- Educating Black America -- Flight and fight -- Segregated science -- Challenging the space race -- Race, place, and outer space -- Science in space -- Hidden no more -- Timeline -- Essential facts. LCCN: 2016910293 ISBN: 9781680783872 1680783874 Other Number: 958783188 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 55013 Course Reserves: 0 # System items in: 1 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
