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 / 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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Main Author: Holt, Nathalia, 1980- (Author)
Other title:Rocket girls, the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > Biography.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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.
Rocketry > United States > History > 20th century.
Astronautics > United States > History > 20th century.
Astronautics.
Rocketry.
Women computer programmers.
Women in computer science.
Women mathematicians.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • January 1958 : Launch Day
  • Part I: 1940s. Up, Up, and Away ; Headed West
  • Part II: 1950s. Rockets Rising ; Miss Guided Missile ; Holding Back ; Ninety Days and Ninety Minutes ; Moonglow
  • Part III: 1960s. Analog Overlords ; Planetary Pull ; The Last Queen of Outer Space
  • Part IV: 1970s--Today. Men are from Mars ; Look Like a Girl
  • Epilogue.

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