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[EAN: 9780316338929], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Little, Brown and Company, New York], ROCKETS, APOLLO PROGRAM, MARGARET BRUNN, MARGIE BEHRENS, JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, BARBARA… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780316338929], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Little, Brown and Company, New York], ROCKETS, APOLLO PROGRAM, MARGARET BRUNN, MARGIE BEHRENS, JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, BARBARA CANRIGHT, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CORPORAL MISSILES, DEEP SPACE NETWORK, MARIE CROWLEY, SUSAN FINLEY, GENDER ROLES, STUDIES, FEMINISM, JANEZ, LAWSON, ART, Jacket, xiii, [1], 338 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. Nathalia Holt (born December 13, 1980) is an HIV researcher and science writer. Holt studied at University of Southern California, Tulane University, and Humboldt State University. Her career includes work at the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. Her research as a science writer has included work at the JPL archives, the Caltech Library, and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard. Her work appears in The Atlantic. Holt's book Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (2016) chronicles the lives of women computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. It also puts them into the context of milestones in both scientific and more general history. Supervisors Macie Roberts and later Helen Ling employed women as computers at a time when few scientific careers were open to women. 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. Derived from a Kirkus review: The history of women as vital contributors to advancements in early space exploration. In this engaging history and group biography, science journalist Holt reveals the significance of the young women mathematicians who staffed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Beginning in the 1940s, women who had been the only females in college mathematics and chemistry classes found themselves part of an eager team of scientists and engineers whose first project was to produce "a new weapon, a long-range jet-propelled missile that could carry a thousand-pound warhead for a hundred miles at a speed capable of eluding an enemy fighter aircraft." Drawing on interviews with surviving team members, Holt traces the frustrations, failures, and successes of rocket development before computers came on the scene. Working with pencils, graph paper, and notebooks, it took one woman a day to calculate a single rocket's trajectory, plotting the path in a hand-drawn picture. Sometimes they used a Friden calculator, a heavy, unwieldy mechanism that vibrated noisily. When the IBM 704 computerâ€"weighing more than 30,000 pounds and costing $2 millionâ€"arrived in the late 1950s, the JPL staff was suspicious. "The engineers and computers preferred to do their calculations by hand," writes the author, "not trusting the massive machines that had too many glitches to be trustworthy." After Russia sent Sputnik into space, the JPL pressed for funds to develop a satellite, frustrated that Eisenhower's administration "worried that the space race might turn into the space war." They were jubilant when they were finally able to work on unmanned missions. Besides chronicling the development of America's space program, Holt recounts the women's private livesâ€"marriages, babies, and the challenge of combining motherhood and workâ€"gleaned from her interviewees' vivid memories. A fresh contribution to women's history. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]., Books<

2016, ISBN: 9780316338929

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2016. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xiii, [1], 338 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. I… Mehr…

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2016. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xiii, [1], 338 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. Nathalia Holt (born December 13, 1980) is an HIV researcher and science writer. Holt studied at University of Southern California, Tulane University, and Humboldt State University. Her career includes work at the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. Her research as a science writer has included work at the JPL archives, the Caltech Library, and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard. Her work appears in The Atlantic. Holt's book Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (2016) chronicles the lives of women computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. It also puts them into the context of milestones in both scientific and more general history. Supervisors Macie Roberts and later Helen Ling employed women as computers at a time when few scientific careers were open to women. 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. Derived from a Kirkus review: The history of women as vital contributors to advancements in early space exploration. In this engaging history and group biography, science journalist Holt reveals the significance of the young women mathematicians who staffed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Beginning in the 1940s, women who had been the only females in college mathematics and chemistry classes found themselves part of an eager team of scientists and engineers whose first project was to produce "a new weapon, a long-range jet-propelled missile that could carry a thousand-pound warhead for a hundred miles at a speed capable of eluding an enemy fighter aircraft." Drawing on interviews with surviving team members, Holt traces the frustrations, failures, and successes of rocket development before computers came on the scene. Working with pencils, graph paper, and notebooks, it took one woman a day to calculate a single rocket's trajectory, plotting the path in a hand-drawn picture. Sometimes they used a Friden calculator, a heavy, unwieldy mechanism that vibrated noisily. When the IBM 704 computerweighing more than 30,000 pounds and costing $2 millionarrived in the late 1950s, the JPL staff was suspicious. "The engineers and computers preferred to do their calculations by hand," writes the author, "not trusting the massive machines that had too many glitches to be trustworthy." After Russia sent Sputnik into space, the JPL pressed for funds to develop a satellite, frustrated that Eisenhower's administration "worried that the space race might turn into the space war." They were jubilant when they were finally able to work on unmanned missions. Besides chronicling the development of America's space program, Holt recounts the women's private livesmarriages, babies, and the challenge of combining motherhood and workgleaned from her interviewees' vivid memories. A fresh contribution to women's history., Little, Brown and Company, 2016, 3<

2016, ISBN: 9780316338929

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. First edition . Hardcover. Good Condition/Good condition. Slightly larger than Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is … Mehr…

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. First edition . Hardcover. Good Condition/Good condition. Slightly larger than Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Two tiny foxed spots on front free endpaper, text appears to be free of any foxing Edges neat and clean but there a couple of small marks on side edge Boards are white and have some faint foxed spots n the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, 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. 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, Nathalia Holt 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. Colour and B & W photos, Little, Brown and Company, 2016, 2.5<

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U S. A.: Little, Brown and Company. Fine/Fine. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316338923 338pp including index Photographs Offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science … Mehr…

U S. A.: Little, Brown and Company. Fine/Fine. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316338923 338pp including index Photographs Offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science ., Little, Brown and Company, 2016, 5<