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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Nathalia Holt
3.8 AVERAGE
392 reviews for:
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Nathalia Holt
3.8 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Dry. Maybe I will continue when I'm in the mood again but I don't think it will be soon.
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slow-paced
This is a fascinating look into the lives of the women who have worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from its inception in the 1940s until today. Despite my interest in NASA and the history of space program, I didn't know much about JPL and was blown away by the stories of the women who were doing such important work at a time when women were not encouraged to have careers at all, much less careers in science. I also thought it was really interesting to learn about how things worked in the initial development of satellites and rockets. It's incredible that all the math was done by hand in those days, and amazing that it was primarily women who were doing the calculations considering the attitude society had about women in science at the time. Nathalia Holt does a wonderful job of weaving the individual women's stories with the details of JPL and the work they were doing there. It makes for a fascinating book that provides a lot of fun information with a human interest element as well.
I feel like this book was pretty awkward in the writing and constantly switching between the women’s lives and the JPL projects. But the overall story is really interesting!
I am amazed by the projects these women worked on - and by calculating everything by hand! It would have been so weird to grow up and be working in a tech field when tech was brand new.
I am amazed by the projects these women worked on - and by calculating everything by hand! It would have been so weird to grow up and be working in a tech field when tech was brand new.
This was such a fantastic book about a subject that's been neglected for far too long. I was so glad to see these women get their due at long last, as their contributions to the space program have been overlooked and gone unsung--I knew nothing about this aspect of space exploration at all. The book is a tribute to women's perseverance and determination, and a fitting salute to some of the women who paved the way for today's professional women.
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informative
inspiring
slow-paced
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced