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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780316338929
- Book Title
- Rise of the Rocket Girls : the Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, United States / 21st Century, Science & Technology
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316338923
ISBN-13
9780316338929
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215941462
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rise of the Rocket Girls : the Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Women, United States / 21st Century, Science & Technology
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Engaging.... A fresh contribution to women's history.... Besides chronicling the development of America's space program, Holt recounts the women's private lives-marriages, babies, and the challenge of combining motherhood and work-gleaned from her interviewees' vivid memories." -- Kirkus
Dewey Decimal
621.435082
Synopsis
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. For the first time, Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women -- known as "human computers" -- who broke the boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews with all the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we've been, and the far reaches of space to which we're heading. "If Hidden Figures has you itching to learn more about the women who worked in the space program, pick up Nathalia Holt's lively, immensely readable history, Rise of the Rocket Girls ." -- Entertainment Weekly
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