Rise of the rocket girls :
Holt, Nathalia, 1980-
Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt. - First edition. - xiii, 338 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
January 1958 : Launch day -- 1940s. Up, up, and away ; Headed west -- 1950s. Rockets rising ; Miss Guided Missile ; Holding back ; Ninety days and ninety minutes ; Moonglow -- 1960s. Analog overlords ; Planetary pull ; The last queen of outer space -- 1970s-today. Men are from Mars ; Look like a girl.
9780316338929 0316338923
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)--History.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Women mathematicians--History--United States--20th century.
Rocketry--History--United States--20th century.
Astronautics--History.--United States
TL862.J48 / H65 2016
629.4072/079493
Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt. - First edition. - xiii, 338 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
January 1958 : Launch day -- 1940s. Up, up, and away ; Headed west -- 1950s. Rockets rising ; Miss Guided Missile ; Holding back ; Ninety days and ninety minutes ; Moonglow -- 1960s. Analog overlords ; Planetary pull ; The last queen of outer space -- 1970s-today. Men are from Mars ; Look like a girl.
9780316338929 0316338923
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)--History.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Women mathematicians--History--United States--20th century.
Rocketry--History--United States--20th century.
Astronautics--History.--United States
TL862.J48 / H65 2016
629.4072/079493