Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as ‘human computers’ used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. It is the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.
2018-2019 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 8.2
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright November 28, 2016
ISBN# 978-0062662385 (HB)