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The Resource Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars, Nathalia Holt
Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars, Nathalia Holt
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The item Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars, Nathalia Holt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. For the first time, Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women--known as "human computers"--Who broke the boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews with all the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we've been, and the far reaches of space to which we're heading
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (09 hr., 45 min.))
- Note
- Downloadable audio file
- Contents
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- January 1958 : Launch day
- Part I. 1940s. Up, up, and away
- Headed west
- Part II. 1950s. Rockets rising
- Miss Guided Missile
- Holding back
- Ninety days and ninety minutes
- Moonglow
- Part III. 1960s. Analog overlords
- Planetary pull
- The last queen of outer space
- Part IV. 1970s-today. Men are from Mars
- Look like a girl
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781478985396
- Label
- Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars
- Title
- Rise of the rocket girls
- Title remainder
- the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars
- Statement of responsibility
- Nathalia Holt
- Subject
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- Astronautics
- Astronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Biography
- Downloadable audio books
- History
- History
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- Biography
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- History
- Nonfiction
- Rocketry
- Rocketry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- United States
- Women computer programmers
- Women computer programmers -- United States -- Biography
- Women computer programmers -- United States -- History
- Women in computer science
- Women in computer science -- United States -- Biography
- Women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- History
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. For the first time, Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women--known as "human computers"--Who broke the boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews with all the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we've been, and the far reaches of space to which we're heading
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- RECBC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holt, Nathalia
- Dewey number
- 629.4072/079493
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- TL862.J48
- LC item number
- H65 2016ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
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- biography
- history
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Narrated by Erin Bennett
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Bennett, Erin
- Hachette Audio (Firm)
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
- Women mathematicians
- Women in computer science
- Women computer programmers
- Women mathematicians
- Women computer programmers
- Rocketry
- Astronautics
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- Astronautics
- Rocketry
- Women computer programmers
- Women in computer science
- Women mathematicians
- United States
- History
- Nonfiction
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars, Nathalia Holt
- Link
- Note
- Downloadable audio file
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- January 1958 : Launch day -- Part I. 1940s. Up, up, and away -- Headed west -- Part II. 1950s. Rockets rising -- Miss Guided Missile -- Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow -- Part III. 1960s. Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of outer space -- Part IV. 1970s-today. Men are from Mars -- Look like a girl -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn950738489
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (09 hr., 45 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781478985396
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- Z100116870
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- 15B49DC3-8B15-4BED-BBC5-E7DFC0BEAD48
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950738489
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars, Nathalia Holt
- Link
- Note
- Downloadable audio file
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- January 1958 : Launch day -- Part I. 1940s. Up, up, and away -- Headed west -- Part II. 1950s. Rockets rising -- Miss Guided Missile -- Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow -- Part III. 1960s. Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of outer space -- Part IV. 1970s-today. Men are from Mars -- Look like a girl -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn950738489
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (09 hr., 45 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781478985396
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- Z100116870
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- 15B49DC3-8B15-4BED-BBC5-E7DFC0BEAD48
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950738489
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Astronautics
- Astronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Biography
- Downloadable audio books
- History
- History
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- Biography
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) -- History
- Nonfiction
- Rocketry
- Rocketry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- United States
- Women computer programmers
- Women computer programmers -- United States -- Biography
- Women computer programmers -- United States -- History
- Women in computer science
- Women in computer science -- United States -- Biography
- Women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- History
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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