Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt.
"During World War II, when the newly 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 human computers--who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, t...
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Other title: | Rocket girls, the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars. |
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2016.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Engineering Math & Physics Library - Popular Reading
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TL862.J48 H65 2016
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