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From the dust jacket. The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. During World War II, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowress, transformed rocket design and helped bring about America's first...
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Meet the women who aren't asking permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building cutting-edge tech startups, investing in each other's ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes, and rallying the next generation of women in tech. . . . Amid the rising chorus of women speaking out against sexiem in technology, media, entertainment, and politics, Geek Girls Rising's message of female solidarity and empowerment...
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Filled with beautiful full-color illustrations, a groundbreaking compendium honoring the amazing true stories of fifty inspirational women who helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space exploration from the nineteenth century to today- including Hidden Figure's Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson as well as former NASA Chief Astronaut Peggy Whitson, the record-holding American biochemistry researcher who has spent the most cumulative time...
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This book provides an overview of some of the coolest and most exciting tech projects happening today -- all pioneered by badass women, who saw a problem that needed solving, and wouldn't take no for an answer. It should inspire, excite, and encourage young minds to think about how they could make a difference too.
7) Space heroes
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Illustrated with LEGO figures, this book profiles four women who have been integral to NASA's space program, helping to develop the Hubble Space Telescope, create computer code to send spacecraft to the moon, and work onboard the space shuttle.