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| fixed length control field |
02509pam a2200517 i 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
000044824816 |
| CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
CaOOAMICUS |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20161222 .0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
160511s2016 nyu b 001 0ceng |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2016021050 |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
CaOTU |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
CaNSHNOV |
| GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA27.5 |
| Item number |
.L44 2016 |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA27.5 |
| Item number |
.L44 2016 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
510.92/520973 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
510.92/520973 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
510.92 LEE |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062363596 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
006236359X |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062363596 (hc.) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
006236359X (hardcover) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062363596 (hardcover) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0062363603 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062363602 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780062363602 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Lee Shetterly, Margot, |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Hidden figures : |
| Remainder of title |
the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Margot Lee Shetterly. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 346 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-328) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who moved forward -- Breaking the barriers -- Home by the sea -- The area rule -- Serendipity -- Turbulence -- Angle of attack -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Outer space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- To boldly go. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women mathematicians |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Space race. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American mathematicians |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American women |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American mathematicians. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American women. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Employees. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Space race. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women mathematicians. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American women |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
