02271cam a2200313 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069040001800087041000800105050002400113082001100137100002700148245015100175264004300326264001300369300002700382504006900409505061900478520050301097610010301600650005201703650003901755650004801794650001601842650005701858650004201915BJBSDDR20230410132735.0ta160511s2016    nyu      b    001 0ceng    a9780062363602  bspacBJBSDDR   aeng14aQA 27.5bS554h 201600a510.921 aShetterly, Margot Lee.10aHidden figures :bthe American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race /cMargot Lee Shetterly. 1aNew York, NY :bWilliam Morrow,c2016. 4cÃ2016.  axviii, 349 p. ;c24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [319]-328) and index.  aAuthor's note --  Prologue. --  A door opens --  Mobilization --  Past is prologue --  The double V --  Manifest destiny --  War birds --  The duration --  Those who move forward --  Breaking barriers --  Home by the sea --  The area rule --  Serendipity --  Turbulence --  Angle of attack --  Young, gifted, and black --  What a difference a day makes --  Outer space --  With all deliberate speed --  Model behavior --  Degrees of freedom --  Out of the past, the future --  America is for everybody --  To boldly go. --  Epilogue --  Acknowledgments --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index --  Reading group guide.  a"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future"--Back cover.10aUnited States.bNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationxOfficials and employeesvBiography. 0aWomen mathematicianszUnited StatesvBiography. 0aAfrican American womenvBiography. 0aAfrican American mathematiciansvBiography. 0aSpace race. 4aMujeres matemáticas vBiografía.zEstados Unidos 4aMujeres afroamericanas vBiografía.