HIDDEN FIGURES
BY MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY - PUBLISHED: SEPT. 6, 2016
A beautiful and inspiring story with long and slightly disorganized storytelling.
Four African American mathematician women of history helped complete America’s dream of winning the space race while facing racism, segregation, and discrimination.
The book goes through the history and lives of female mathematicians at NASA. Not only does this go through the story of multiple strong women but also provides a long history of plane testing and science which was a bit too complicated and long-winded.
The history of women and their fight against discrimination and Jim Crow Laws is an inspiring story in itself. This book is amazing for anyone in science and history. Although the story’s writing could be smoother and more organized for better readability, its historical importance is great.
A beautiful and inspiring story with long and slightly disorganized storytelling.
Hi EmLayne! I appreciate your warning about some of the difficult and technical language in this book. I like how you considered both strengths and potential weaknesses of the book in your review. I'm a reader without a lot of technical knowledge, so knowing this ahead of time is helpful to me and will put me in the right frame of mind for reading it.
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