Book
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Hidden heroes : the human computers of NASA
Publication Information
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019]
Physical Description
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Series
Summary
In the 1950s, NASA relied on human computers. These skilled women did calculations by hand. While astronauts and their accomplishments were well known, human computers often worked behind the scenes. Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA explores the legacy of NASA's human computers.
Subjects
- Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Space race > Juvenile literature.
- Human computation > Juvenile literature.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Biography.