Bibliograph

Hidden human computers, the black women of NASA, by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris, JD, PHD

Type

Label

Hidden human computers, the black women of NASA, by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris, JD, PHD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 7 to 12

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hidden human computers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958783188

Responsibility statement

by Sue Bradford Edwards and Duchess Harris, JD, PHD

Series statement

Hidden heroes

Sub title

the black women of NASA

Summary

Discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth

Table Of Contents

NASA's secret -- Human computers -- Educating Black America -- Flight and fight -- Segregated science -- Challenging the space race -- Race, place, and outer space -- Science in space -- Hidden no more -- Timeline -- Essential facts

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Black women of NASA

Classification