Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to mars
"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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| Language: | ENGLISH |
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Little, Brown and Company
2016
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