Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

by Nathalia Holt

Book Overview

The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.

In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316338923
• ISBN13: 9780316338929
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"