Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly

Book Overview

The #1 New York Times bestseller

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space--a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062677284
• ISBN13: 9780062677280
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Interesting!

Absolutely 5 stars for such an incredible and well researched story, the only personal negative for me is I’m a real dummy about math so areas of the book that explained in detail about all the math and machinery went straight over my poor thick skull

Hidden Figures is an exciting biography

I loved this book for several reasons. First of all, it was a true story of a group of brilliant black women who succeeded in the aeronautics industry of America that eventually became NASA. Secondly, these women were role models as strong, motivated and unstoppable in engineering and mathematics. Thirdly, these women provided encouragement and leadership with high standards to extend the bridge to the next generation of girls. Last of all, a biography shares a social and psychological connection between the reader and its characters. A great book to motivate females of all ages to get an education.