Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden figures.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden figures.
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062742469, 0062742469
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Status
Antigo - Juvenile Nonfiction
510.92 SHET J
1 available
510.92 SHET J
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography.
Coretta Scott King illustrator honor book -- 2019.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography.
Coretta Scott King illustrator honor book -- 2019.
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062742469, 0062742469
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 5.8, 1 Points
Level 5.8, 1 Points
Lexile measure
980
Notes
Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).
Target Audience
980L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,LG,5.8,0.5,0.5,193339
Awards
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2019.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shetterly, M. L., Conkling, W., Freeman, L. (., & Shetterly, M. L. (2018). Hidden figures: the true story of four black women and the space race (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Margot Lee, Shetterly et al.. 2018. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Margot Lee, Shetterly et al.. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shetterly, Margot Lee,, Winifred Conkling, Laura (Illustrator) Freeman, and Margot Lee Shetterly. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
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