Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars
by Holt, Nathalia, 1980- (Author)
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Summary
In the 1940s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians, it recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and brain power, helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But their hearts lay in... Full description
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English
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Edition
First Back Bay paperback edition, January 2017.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > Biography.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Women in computer science > United States > Biography.
Women computer programmers > United States > Biography.
Women mathematicians > United States > History.
Women computer programmers > United States > History.