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Hidden Figures Illustrated Edition

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

Hidden Figures Illustrated Edition( )
Author: Shetterly, Margot Lee
ISBN:978-0-06-279895-4
Publication Date:Oct 2017
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:William Morrow & Company
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $57.99
Book Description:

The #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the hit Academy Award-winning movie, now available in a beautifully designed, illustrated edition featuring more than two dozen never-before-seen photos.

Hidden Figures is the untold true story of the African-American female mathematicians, "colored computers," at NASA who provided the calculations that helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space, set against the Jim Crow South and the civil rights...
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Author Biography
Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author)
Margot Lee Shetterly was born in Hampton, Virginia in 1969. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. After college she worked in investment banking for several years. Her other career moves have included working in the media industry for the website Volume .com, publishing an English language magazine, Inside Mexico; marketing consultant in the Mexican tourism industry; and writing. Hidden Figures is her first book, a New York Times Bestseller and was optioned for a feature film.

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