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(0)Nathalia Holt
Author
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
"The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. 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...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A young molecular biologist at the forefront of HIV research, Nathalia Holt tells the historic, multilayered, and compassionate story of two patients--each known in medical literature as the Berlin Patient--and their young research-minded doctors. The backdrop is nothing less than a revolution in cultural attitudes and medical thinking. These two patients' disparate cures came twelve years apart: the first in 1996 from an experimental cancer drug,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1190L
Physical Desc
xiv, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations.
"From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who fought for respect in an often...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 382 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organization that we now know as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the {28}wise gals