Hidden Figures - The True Story Of Four Black Women And Th

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Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Awardnominated movie author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers Dorothy Vaughan Mary Jackson Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden were good at mathreally good They participated in some of NASAs greatest successes like providing the calculations for Americas 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 NASA known as colored computers and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEMbased career Finally the extraordinary lives of four African American women who helped NASA put the first men in space is available for picture book readers proclaims Brightly in their article 18 MustRead Picture Books of 2018 Will inspire girls and boys alike to love math believe in themselves and reach for the stars


Peso 0454 kg
ISBN10 0062742469
ISBN13 9780062742469
Número de páginas 40
Ano de edição 2018
Idioma Inglês
Tipo de produto Livro
Literatura Literatura Infanto Juvenil
Tipo de produto Novo e Impresso