Rise Of The Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt
The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon
A group portrait of the largely forgotten women mathematicians and programmers at a Pasadena rocket lab who, beginning in the 1940s, performed the complex calculations, developed early computer code, and pushed into engineering roles that made America’s early satellite and planetary missions possible; the book traces their technical contributions, workplace challenges, and evolving careers as they moved from human “computers” to indispensable members of the space program while balancing social expectations and family life.
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- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 352
- Original Language
- English
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