Shetterly Margot - Hidden Figures The True Story Of Four Black Women And The Space Race - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award nominated movie author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NAS a launch men into space to picture book readers! Dorothy Vaughan Mary Jackson Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden were good at math really good. They participated in some of NAS a's greatest successes like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world. In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NAS a known as "colored computers " and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM - based career." Finally the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NAS a put the first men in space is available for picture book readers " proclaims Brightly in their article "18 Must - Read Picture Books of 2018." " Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math believe in themselves and reach for the stars."
Title: Hidden Figures The True Story Of Four Black Women And The Space Race
Author(s): Shetterly Margot
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062742469
Pages: 40 Pages
Publication Date: 1/16/2018
Category: Space (Children's / Teenage)