Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars /

Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars /

During World War Il, when the brand-new minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women--known as "computers"--who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holt, Nathalia, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Women mathematicians > United States > History.
Rocketry > United States > History.
Astronautics > United States > History.

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