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041    eng 
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092 0  629.4|bengelska 
100 1  Holt, Nathalia,|d1980-|4aut 
245 10 Rise of the rocket girls :|bthe women who propelled us, 
       from missiles to the moon to Mars /|cNathalia Holt 
246 10 Rocket girls, the women who propelled us, from missiles to
       the moon to Mars 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York :|bLittle, Brown and Company,|c2016 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    xiii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
       |billustrations (some color)|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and 
       index 
505 8  Innehåll: January 1958: Launch day -- Up, up, and away -- 
       Headed west -- Rockets rising -- Miss Guided Missile -- 
       Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow
       -- Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of
       outer space -- Men are from Mars -- Look like a girl 
520    During World War II, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion 
       Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to 
       calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, 
       they recruited an elite group of young women -- known as 
       human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and 
       mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design and helped
       bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But they 
       were never interested in developing weapons -- their 
       hearts lay in the dream of space exploration. So when JPL 
       became part of a new agency called NASA, the computers 
       worked on the first probes to the moon, Venus, Mars, and 
       beyond. Later, as digital computers largely replaced human
       ones, JPL was unique in training and retaining its 
       brilliant pool of women. They became the first computer 
       programmers and engineers, and through their efforts, we 
       launched the ships that showed us the contours of our 
       solar system. Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories 
       of these women who charted a course not only for the 
       future of space exploration but also for the prospects of 
       female scientists 
610 24 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)|vBiography 
610 24 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)|xHistory 
610 27 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)|2fast 
648  7 1900-talet|2sao 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
650  4 Women mathematicians|zUnited States|vBiography 
650  4 Women in computer science|zUnited States|vBiography 
650  4 Women computer programmers|zUnited States|vBiography 
650  4 Women mathematicians|zUnited States|xHistory 
650  4 Women computer programmers|zUnited States|xHistory 
650  4 Rocketry|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century 
650  4 Astronautics|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century 
650  7 Kvinnliga programmerare|2sao 
650  7 Mathematik|2gnd 
650  7 Informatik|2gnd 
650  7 Kvinnliga matematiker|2sao 
650  7 Rymdfart|xhistoria|2sao 
651  7 Förenta staterna|2sao 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
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