{"product_id":"9780008201319","title":"Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\u003cbr\u003eOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eSet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, \u003cem\u003eHidden Figures\u003c\/em\u003e interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book, a bestseller, intricately weaves the social and ethnic fabric of the 20th century United States, highlighting the significant contributions of African-American women in the field of science. It's a Sunday Times bestselling book that offers a unique perspective on the era's societal studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Laura Freeman (In the Kitchen), Kai Bird (The Outlier), Salena Godden (The Good Immigrant), Sabrina Mahfouz (These Bodies of Water), and Jeffrey Kluger (Apollo 8).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margot Lee Shetterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889482551445,"sku":"9780008201319","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008201319.jpg?v=1776888244","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008201319","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}