Hidden human computers : the black women of NASA
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Harris, Duchess author,
Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017].
Physical Description
112 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile Measure
1080L
Status
Park Co. Library - Young Adult Nonfiction
YA 510.9 EDWARDS
1 available
YA 510.9 EDWARDS
1 available
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Park Co. Library - Young Adult Nonfiction | YA 510.9 EDWARDS | On Shelf |
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Carbon Co. Saratoga Library - Juvenile Nonfiction | JUV 510.9 EDWARDS | On Shelf |
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Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Aerospace engineers -- Juvenile literature.
African American astronauts -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
African American women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Langley Research Center -- History.
Langley Research Center. -- West Area Computing -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Space race.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- Juvenile literature.
Women engineers -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
African American astronauts -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
African American women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Langley Research Center -- History.
Langley Research Center. -- West Area Computing -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Space race.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- Juvenile literature.
Women engineers -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
Other Subjects
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Published
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017].
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 7.7, 3 Points
Level 7.7, 3 Points
Lexile Measure
1080
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.
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.--,Source other than the Library of Congress.
Summary
Edwards and Harris discuss the critical contributions black women made to NASA in the 1950s. They performed by hand the calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Their efforts made it possible for young black women of subsequent generations to become the mathematicians and astrophysicists of today.--,Source other than the Library of Congress.
Reading Level
1080 L,Lexile
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Edwards, S. B., & Harris, D. (2017). Hidden human computers: the black women of NASA . Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Edwards, Sue Bradford and Duchess Harris. 2017. Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA. Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Edwards, Sue Bradford and Duchess Harris. Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Edwards, Sue Bradford, and Duchess Harris. Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of NASA Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2017.
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