Description: Further DetailsTitle: Rocket GirlCondition: NewEAN: 9781616147396ISBN: 9781616147396Publisher: Prometheus BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/09/2013Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 467gAuthor: George D. MorganContributor: Ashley Stroupe, PHD, Phd (Foreword by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket ScientistISBN-10: 1616147393Description: LIKE THE FEMALE SCIENTISTS PORTRAYED IN HIDDEN FIGURES, MARY SHERMAN MORGAN WAS ANOTHERUNSUNG HEROINE OF THE SPACE AGE-NOWHER STORY IS FINALLY TOLD.This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's lost legacy--one buried deep under a lifetime of secrets political, technological, and personal.In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. In Ray, North Dakota, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined.World War II and the Cold War space race with the Russians changed the fates of both von Braun and Mary Sherman Morgan. When von Braun and other top engineers could not find a solution to the repeated failures that plagued the nascent US rocket program, North American Aviation, where Sherman Morgan then worked, was given the challenge. Recognizing her talent for chemistry, company management turned the assignment over to young Mary.In the end, America succeeded in launching rockets into space, but only because of the joint efforts of the brilliant farm girl from North Dakota and the famous German scientist. While von Braun went on to become a high-profile figure in NASA's manned space flight, Mary Sherman Morgan and her contributions fell into obscurity--until now.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: BiographyTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Rocket Girl
Title: Rocket Girl
EAN: 9781616147396
ISBN: 9781616147396
Release Date: 07/09/2013
Release Year: 2013
Contributor: Ashley Stroupe, PHD, Phd (Foreword by)
Subtitle: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket S
ISBN-10: 1616147393
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Rocket Girl : the Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
Number of Pages: 334 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Women, History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology, Chemistry / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 16.5 Oz
Author: George D. Morgan
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
