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4.5 stars. "Hidden Figures" is the story of four women of color, who along with many other women of color contributed to some of the greatest achievements of NASA at the heights of both the Space Race and the Civil Rights movement. As most history lovers know, not all those involved in historical events are always included in the history books. Too often women and people of color are lost to history. The author tells the story of just a few of these people in this book. Inspirational and importa
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This book was amazing!
The history behind the wonderful story of all of the ladies in the West Computing Group was simply astounding. I never would have thought NASA's history was so rich and diverse, but often at times segregated. I won't comment on the writing of the story as this is a non-fiction piece of work, but the untold stories of the women of first NACA and then NASA is just tremendous. I read and re-read parts of this book over and over because it was just that good. This will be a bo ...more
The history behind the wonderful story of all of the ladies in the West Computing Group was simply astounding. I never would have thought NASA's history was so rich and diverse, but often at times segregated. I won't comment on the writing of the story as this is a non-fiction piece of work, but the untold stories of the women of first NACA and then NASA is just tremendous. I read and re-read parts of this book over and over because it was just that good. This will be a bo ...more
For the first time in my life, I just finished a book that wasn't half as good as the movie that was made from it. These African-American women were trailblazers in their jobs at NASA as engineers and mathematicians and they have a great story to tell the world about it. The movie was better able to focus on the women's story. The book tended to jump from one person to another giving us snippets of information about numerous people. There was a plethora of facts that weren't presented in an inte
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This was an interesting and outstanding book about the black women mathematicians who were instrumental in the NASA space program.
Fascinating story. What remarkable women
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