Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars /

Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt.

"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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
View cover image provided by Mackin
Main Author: Holt, Nathalia, 1980- (Author)
Other title:Rocket girls, the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > Biography.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) > History.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Women in computer science > United States > Biography.
Women computer programmers > United States > Biography.
Women mathematicians > United States > History.
Women computer programmers > United States > History.
Rocketry > United States > History > 20th century.
Astronautics > United States > History > 20th century.
Astronautics.
Rocketry.
Women computer programmers.
Women in computer science.
Women mathematicians.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.

Internet

Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
View cover image provided by Mackin

Engineering Math & Physics Library - Popular Reading

Holdings details from Engineering Math & Physics Library - Popular Reading
Call Number: TL862.J48 H65 2016
TL862.J48 H65 2016 Available Place a Hold

Similar Items