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Rise of the Rocket Girls
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The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.
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.
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In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings listeners into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission—considered NASA’s finest hour—and reflects on his life and career as an Apollo astronaut.
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Phoned it in
- De BondoA6 en 09-20-22
De: Fred Haise
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Wise Gals
- The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
- De: Nathalia Holt
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
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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 “wise gals” by their male colleagues because of their sharp sense of humor and even quicker intelligence, were not the stereotypical femme fatale of spy novels.
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Intriguing untold history
- De Andrea Guzman en 12-15-22
De: Nathalia Holt
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The Astronaut Wives Club
- A True Story
- De: Lily Koppel
- Narrado por: Orlagh Cassidy
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. Together with the other wives they formed the Astronaut Wives Club, meeting regularly to provide support and friendship. As their celebrity rose - and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives - they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years.
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Sea of Tranquility Ocean of Storms
- De Cynthia en 06-15-13
De: Lily Koppel
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- De: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
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Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets and astronauts into space. Among these problem solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation.
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- De Cynthia en 09-18-16
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- De: Robert Kurson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
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By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the moon - in just four months.
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The Men Who Saved 1968
- De Gillian en 04-04-18
De: Robert Kurson
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The Queens of Animation
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
- De: Nathalia Holt
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
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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 ruthless male-dominated industry and who have slipped under the radar for decades.
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- De Ellen en 02-05-20
De: Nathalia Holt
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Never Panic Early
- An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey
- De: Fred Haise
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and the world anxiously watched as one of history’s most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings listeners into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission—considered NASA’s finest hour—and reflects on his life and career as an Apollo astronaut.
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Phoned it in
- De BondoA6 en 09-20-22
De: Fred Haise
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Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
- De: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, y otros
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the 20th century's greatest feat - landing humans on another world.
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A Definitive Summary of Our Manned Space Missions
- De Robert en 08-15-19
De: Alan Shepard, y otros
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The Girls of Atomic City
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Important story of this secret city
- De CBlox en 11-14-13
De: Denise Kiernan
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Code Name: Lise
- The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
- De: Larry Loftis
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
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1942: World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father’s footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and a plane crash later, she finally lands in occupied France to begin her mission. It is here that she meets her commanding officer, Captain Peter Churchill. As they successfully complete mission after mission, Peter and Odette fall in love. All the while, they are being hunted by the cunning German secret police sergeant, Hugo Bleicher, who finally succeeds in capturing them.
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SKIP THE PROLOGUE!
- De Erica J. Conway en 09-17-19
De: Larry Loftis
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Code Girls
- The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
- De: Liza Mundy
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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Recruited by the US Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than 10,000 women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of codebreaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
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Just released, about 80% through this story
- De Roobah en 10-11-17
De: Liza Mundy
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
- De: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly’s acclaimed book is perfect for young students. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
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- De R. Robinson en 06-25-19
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The Woman Who Smashed Codes
- A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
- De: Jason Fagone
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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In 1912, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert Elizebeth Smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside Chicago. The tycoon had close ties to the US government, and he soon asked Elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code breaking. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman. Though she and Friedman are in many ways the Adam and Eve of the NSA, Elizebeth's story, incredibly, has never been told.
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Captivating Biography
- De Jean en 11-20-17
De: Jason Fagone
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- barbudo
- 02-02-18
Disappointing and trivial
I really struggling to finish this book. I kept pushing myself to continue and finally gave up just after the halfway point. I started reading this book with the hope that it would include details about the work these women did and insights/case studies about their struggles. It ended up being mostly comprised of generic descriptions and was lean on details. there were too many people to keep track of and there wasn't a clear focus on the work they did or the differences between their experiences and the men's experiences.
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- Elisabeth Carey
- 01-13-17
Women, science, and progress
In the first half of the 20th century, the word "computer" meant a person who did heavy-duty computation. During the Second World War and the years following, this included doing the computation for missile development. When the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was created, computers were in great demand there.
And at JPL, something special happened.
Many of the early computers hired there were women.They were working closely with the engineers, who were all men; women were simply not hired as engineers, no matter what their qualifications. The woman who became head of the computer department decided she would only hire women.
This was not an era of gender equality. Women expected, and were expected, to marry and become mothers. There was no maternity leave, so a married working woman who became pregnant had no alternative but to quit.
But the women working at JPL became a bonded group, as much a family as a group of coworkers. And over the years, they worked to professionalize themselves, and to professionalize their image in the minds of their male coworkers. As the first machine computers were developed and brought in, it was the women computers who learned to use and program them. Both before and after the arrival of the machines, it was the women writing the programs that made both missiles and rockets fly.
This book follows the lives, professional and personal, of the women who first were JPL's computers, and later became the programmers of computers, and finally were recognized as engineers in their own right. They were a major component of the growth of NASA, and the development of the space program. We get to see the tensions between their personal lives and their professional lives, as well as the role they played in pushing the robot-based exploration of the solar system--missions to Venus, Mars, and beyond. It's a complex and stirring tale, and an important piece of both social and scientific history. The early parts especially, for younger readers (and by that I mean readers in their thirties, not kids) is likely to read like an account of an alien, or at the very least foreign, society.
So much progress has happened in my lifetime. I'd hate to see us go backward.
Highly recommended.
I bought this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-30-19
The History of Women at JPL Celebrated
I am angry and overjoyed to read this. Angry that this history wasn't taught to me in school along with the achievements of men. Overjoyed to at least be learning it now. Its motivating me to finish my stem degree and keep learning and achieving with confidence. Women aren't the exception in history, they are there in every nook and cranny of history, working hard and contributing in unfathomable ways. Women are the foundation and the strength of society and our contributions today are continuing a LONG legacy.
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- Brewster
- 01-16-20
Inspiring!!
I loved this book and can’t wait to share it with my girls. I finished the book feeling so proud of everything the women accomplished in their lifetime. What an amazing part of history. Thank you for telling their story.
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- Woody James
- 11-13-18
Women in Science
Similar to Hidden Figures and The Code Girls. Same time frame WWII cold War era. But these are different women. Based at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena facing similar problems of women working in a man's world.But this group was more educated and followed them as they had children and raised families. I always wonder where the world would be if men hadn't suppressed half of the population and refused them education. You read about what these small groups of women did when the need was there and I just wonder. What breakthroughs in science and medicine could have been reached if we hadn't suppressed women through the ages.
#SucessStories #Inspiring #ColdWar #WomenInScience #TagsGiving #Sweepstakes
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- Diane E. Kolff
- 04-15-16
Excellent!!
This was a very interesting book. It is an amazing story of a group of hard working women who were pioneers in what was generally considered a man's profession. Their dedication, intelligence and work ethic, at a time in history when women generally did not work outside the house, was remarkable. I would highly recommend it.
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- Polly Howell
- 06-27-19
Thoroughly enjoyed!
As a woman who started working in tech in 1987, this was welcome insight into the shoulders of giants I am grateful to have stood upon. I sometimes feel we, as professional women, haven’t made enough progress. And we haven’t but this was a pleasant reminder of just how far we have come. Thank you!
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- S.McNee
- 03-27-19
More like diary entries than a story
Interesting subject matter but more of a historical who’s who. Dates of successes and failed experiments. Chronological presentation of the politics and science of the space race. Details on dress colors and sleeve lengths worn. Who was dating and marrying whom. I got bored when none of the details ever reappeared or tied back into the narrative. Actually, I didn’t find any narrative to hold the information together.
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- Christine
- 09-18-19
Fascinating
This is a fascinating account of women's positions within the tech world when it was in its infancy. Where their contributions were coming from along with where they were not supposed to be coming from. And, how our culture at the time required them to leave jobs and make a home once they were married and/or had children. It made me reflect on my mother and grandmother and what their position within the world was 'supposed to be' during this time and how it was so different from my own. The book was very exciting to learn how the rocket program grew but also the women's roles. It made me go back and rewatch the movie "Hidden Figures" and start discovering other stories to learn more.
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- Soni Talbert
- 02-07-20
Important history
While the writing leaves something to be desired, the subject matter is excellent and sheds light on women who should not be forgotten.
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