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

Contributor(s): Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author), Miles, Robin (Read by)

ISBN: 9781441709585

Publisher: William Morrow & Company

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Pub Date: September 6, 2016

Dewey: 510.92520973

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Price on Product, Unabridged

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 5.70" L x 5.10" W ( 0.50 lbs) pages

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Back of container.

Brief description:

Margot Lee Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in her book Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research on women in computing. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Review Quotes:

"Blends impressive research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories."

-- "Boston Globe"

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