{"product_id":"hidden-figures-young-readers-edition-of-hidden-figures-celebrating-african-american-women-pioneers-at-nasa-1","title":"Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Edition of Hidden Figures―Celebrating African American Women Pioneers at NASA","description":"The #1 New York Times\nbestseller\n\nThe phenomenal true\nstory of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel\nsome of America’s greatest achievements in space—a powerful, revelatory history\nessential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern\nAmerica. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated\nfilm starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten\nDunst, and Kevin Costner.\n\nBefore John Glenn\norbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated\nfemale mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and\nadding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and\nastronauts, into space.\n\nAmong these\nproblem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women,\nsome of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to\nteaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into\nservice during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics\nindustry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these\noverlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they\nanswered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating,\nhigh-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.\n\nEven as Virginia’s Jim\nCrow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the\nwomen of Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve one\nof the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the\nCold War, and complete domination of the heavens.\n\nStarting in World War\nII and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space\nRace, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan,\nMary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American\nwomen who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles\ntheir careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances\nand used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.\n\n-WINNER OF\nANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION\n\n-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK\n\n-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK\n\n-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION\nAWARD\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062363603\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0062363603.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shetterly, Margot Lee\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377136877745,"sku":"RDV.0062363603.VG","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0062363603-0_d66cbae7-d2f7-4cfd-901a-af9e440016aa.jpg?v=1781116560","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/hidden-figures-young-readers-edition-of-hidden-figures-celebrating-african-american-women-pioneers-at-nasa-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}