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100			_aHolt, Nathalia, _d1980- _eauthor. _930338
245	1	0	_aRise of the rocket girls : _bthe women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / _cNathalia Holt.
250			_aFirst Back Bay paperback edition, January 2017.
260			_aNew York, New York _bBack Bay Books (Little, Brown and Company) _c2017.
300			_axiii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c21 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
505	0		_aJanuary 1958: Launch day -- Up, up, and away -- Headed west -- Rockets rising -- Miss Guided Missile -- Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow -- Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of outer space -- Men are from Mars -- Look like a girl.
520			_aIn the 1940s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians, it recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and brain power, helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But their hearts lay in the dream of space exploration, and when JPL became part of NASA, the computers helped send the first probes to the moon. Later, through their efforts, we launched the ships that showed us the contours of our solar system. For the first time, Nathalia Holt tells the stories of these women, who charted a course not only for the future of space exploration but also for the prospects of female scientists. Based on extensive research and interviews with the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls illuminates the role of women in science, both where we've been and the far reaches of space to which we're heading.
610		0	_aJet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) _vBiography. _930339
610		0	_aJet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) _xHistory. _930340
650		0	_aWomen mathematicians _zUnited States _vBiography. _930341
650		0	_aWomen in computer science _zUnited States _vBiography. _930343
650		0	_aWomen computer programmers _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aRocketry _zUnited States _xHistory. _930346
650		0	_aAstronautics _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _930347
655		0	_919965 _aBiography. _2fast
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