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Rise of the Rocket Girls - Nathalia Holt

Rise of the Rocket Girls

The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2017
Back Bay Books (Verlag)
978-0-316-33890-5 (ISBN)
CHF 26,40 inkl. MwSt
"Holt reveals the fascinating untold story of the heroic women who made America's space program possible." --Cate Lineberry, author of The Secret Rescue
In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women--known as "human computers"--who broke the boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews, Nathalia Holt offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we've been, and the far reaches of space to which we're heading.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nathalia Holt is the author of Cured: The People Who Defeated HIV and a former fellow at the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard University. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, TheAtlantic.com, Slate, Time.com, and Popular Science. She lives in Boston.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 1x 8pp colour insert1x 8pp b/w insert11 b/w photos throughout
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 139 x 208 mm
Gewicht 390 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Zeitgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Technik Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
Technik Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10 0-316-33890-7 / 0316338907
ISBN-13 978-0-316-33890-5 / 9780316338905
Zustand Neuware
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