02497cam a2200337 4500 261579252 TxAuBib 20160429120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316268448 0316268445 B013CATQPY Amazon 7bfe869d-31cd-4fed-9592-255496f5a51a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2335634 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Holt, Nathalia, 1980- Rise of the Rocket Girls [Bridges eBook] : The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars. Little, Brown and Company, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 7789kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 6347kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, 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. For the first time, 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 with all the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls 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. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-04-28 20:00:02. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=7bfe869d-31cd-4fed-9592-255496f5a51a http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7bfe869d-31cd-4fed-9592-255496f5a51a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7bfe869d-31cd-4fed-9592-255496f5a51a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7bfe869d-31cd-4fed-9592-255496f5a51a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)