Hidden figures
(Book on CD)
Author
Contributors
Turpin, Bahni, narrator.
Appears on list
Status
Fredonia Public Library - Juvenile Audiobooks
J AUD 510 SHE
1 available
J AUD 510 SHE
1 available
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Fredonia Public Library - Juvenile Audiobooks | J AUD 510 SHE | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children's audiobooks
Children's audiobooks
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children's audiobooks
Children's audiobooks
Space race -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
More Details
Format
Book on CD
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (4 1/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 12 cm + 1 computer disc (PDF)
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"The untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space"--Container.
General Note
Title from disc label.
Participants/Performers
Read by Bahni Turpin.
Description
"From World War II through NASA's golden age, four African American women confidently acourageouslysly stepped into the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now known as NASA). Their job? To provide the mathematical calculations that would help increase airplane production during wartime and eventually send the united states into space for the very first time. During this time of racial and gender inequality, these women used their mathematical talents to serve their country and change the minds of others about what a scientist and a mathematician and an engineer look like. Hidden Figures follows the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who participated in some of the United States' greatest aeronautic successes. Until now, their stories have been untold, but these women lived through aperseveredred against the backdrop of some of the biggest movements ever to shape our nation's history: the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the fight for gender equality. With photographs and rich historical detail, Margot Lee Shetterly brings to life the struggles these four women, and others, overcame to forever change the face of air and space travel."--Container.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lee Shetterly, M., & Turpin, B. (2016). Hidden figures (Young readers' edition.). Blackstone ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee Shetterly, Margot and Bahni, Turpin. 2016. Hidden Figures. Blackstone.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee Shetterly, Margot and Bahni, Turpin. Hidden Figures Blackstone, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lee Shetterly, Margot,, and Bahni Turpin. Hidden Figures Young readers' edition., Blackstone ;, 2016.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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