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  1. Mar 12, 2020 · Katherine Johnson (19182020) OBITUARY. 12 March 2020. Katherine Johnson (19182020) NASA mathematician who calculated trajectories for early space flights. By. Margot Lee...

    • Margot Lee Shetterly
    • 2020
  2. Feb 25, 2020 · Margot Lee Shetterly, author of "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race," was the Distinguished Carlson...

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  3. Sep 8, 2016 · “These women were both ordinary and they were extraordinary,” says Margot Lee Shetterly. Her new book Hidden Figures shines light on the inner details of these women’s lives and...

  4. Obituary Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) NASA mathematician who calculated trajectories for early space flights. atherine Johnson was the most recognized of the African American “human computers” — female mathematicians who worked at NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), from the 1930s until the ...

    • Margot Lee Shetterly
  5. Jan 16, 2017 · Motherboard talks to author Margot Lee Shetterly about the legacy of pioneering black women mathematicians who helped NASA win the Space Race.

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  6. Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were ...

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  8. Sep 6, 2016 · Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. Margot Lee Shetterly. Published 6 September 2016. Mathematics, History. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation.

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