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Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly

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Hidden figures

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Margot Lee Shetterly

the American dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America₂s greatest achievements in space

A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who moved forward -- Breaking the barriers -- Home by the sea -- The area rule -- Serendipity -- Turbulence -- Angle of attack -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Outer space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- To boldly go

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American dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race