Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
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Year Published 2016
Word Count 92,391
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1350L
- ATOS Reading Level: 9.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 187010, 18 AR Points
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- African American women
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- African American women--Biography
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- Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics
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- History | African American
- United States
- Women mathematicians--United States--Biography
- Space race
- Officials and employees
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Women mathematicians
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