TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,Sue Bradford AU - Harris,Duchess TI - Hidden human computers: the black women of NASA T2 - Hidden heroes SN - 9781624023118 AV - QA27 .H533 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Minneapolis, Minnesota PB - Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing KW - United States KW - National Aeronautics and Space Administration KW - Officials and employees KW - Juvenile literature KW - African American women mathematicians KW - Women mathematicians KW - African American women KW - African American mathematicians KW - Space race KW - Aerospace engineers KW - African American astronauts KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; NASA's Secret --; Human Computers --; Educating Black America --; Flight and fight --; Segregated Science --; Challenging the Space Race --; Race, Place, and Outer Space --; Science in Space --; Hidden No More --; Timeline --; Essential Facts --; Glossary; 2; b N2 - Hidden Human Computers discusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1443036&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -