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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By Margot Lee Shetterly, Laura Freeman

Interweaves a history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of four women whose work forever changed the world-and whose lives show how out of one of America's most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.

Release Date
2016
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Interweaves a history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of four women whose work forever changed the world-and whose lives show how out of one of America's most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.