Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt.
2016
TL862.J48 H65 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars / Nathalia Holt.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316338929 (hardcover)
0316338923 (hardcover)
0316338923 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
TL862.J48 H65 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.4072/079493
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.