Hidden Figures (book)
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| Author | Margot Lee Shetterly |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | William Morrow and Company |
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2016 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 368 |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race is a 2016 non-fiction book written by Margot Lee Shetterly. The biographical text follows the lives of Human Computers such as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson , three mathematicians who overcame discrimination, as women and as African Americans, while working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. It was the basis of a film by the same name which was nominated for three Oscars. The book reached number one on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list.
The book is about African American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA. For the first years of their careers, the workplace was segregated and women were definitely kept in the background as Human computers.
The book was made into a film directed by Theodore Melfi. It was released on December 25, 2016 to positive reviews from critics, and received a nomination for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. The full List of accolades received by Hidden Figures is very long.
While the film is based on the book, author Margot Lee Shetterly agrees that there are differences between the two, and she finds that to be understandable.
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