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Talentos Ocultos: La Genialidad No Tiene Color. La Fuerza No Tiene Género. El Valor No Tiene Límite.
Margot Lee Shetterly
3.83 AVERAGE
3.71k reviews for:
Talentos Ocultos: La Genialidad No Tiene Color. La Fuerza No Tiene Género. El Valor No Tiene Límite.
Margot Lee Shetterly
3.83 AVERAGE
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we love women in stem but i was bored when reading this, usually i read nonfiction regarding topics that i know im interested in reading about but i got this from a thrift store and went in blind not knowing this was straight nonfiction like i knew it was based on the real life stories but i thought this was like a novelization of the movie cause i got the movie cover.
in conclusion its not the book its me id recommend it for people who are already curious on the subject
in conclusion its not the book its me id recommend it for people who are already curious on the subject
Interesting backstory but a lot of different people involved. Writing was very dry as well
With out black women we may not have ever made it to space. From WWII airplanes to landing on the moon. Also King was a Treky.
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informative
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I have to commend Margot Lee Shetterly for the amount of research she did for this book. I am a big fan of the movie so I knew I had to read this book. History has never been my strong suit so it was a little challenging to get through this book. It reads very much like a text book and is missing the personal touch the movie has. The author focuses a lot on the events of the time (which I can see how that is important for context) but I wanted to hear more personal stories from the main women.
I would be interested in rereading but really taking my time and going through all the historical events and people mentioned.
I would be interested in rereading but really taking my time and going through all the historical events and people mentioned.
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Book on CD read by Robin Miles
3.5***
The subtitle is all the synopsis anyone needs: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.
Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, and her father worked at NASA’s Langley Research Center. She met many women and men he worked with, knew them from their neighborhood, and from church. But as she grew older she came to realize how extraordinary their story was, and also how unknown their story was. She wrote this book to ensure that future generations would not forget these women.
I had seen the movie, and it was very well done. But the movie covers just a few years, and compresses the story of many women into three characters. Yes, much of what was depicted in the film was accurate, but not everything happened to just these three women. Shetterly’s book covers the time from the early years of WW2, when men were scarce, and women stepped up to fill jobs as part of their patriotic duty to help win the war, to the Moon Landing in August 1969.
I found it very interesting to read about the way in which these women, highly intelligent and well educated, finally found some measure of recognition for their contributions. I applaud Shetterly’s efforts to bring their story to the forefront of America’s consciousness, and I’m glad I read it. However, this is not a gripping tale; there is some repetition, because the stories of these women (and their families) were so similar. I’m glad she included an epilogue to give some information about how they fared through the rest of their lives.
Robin Miles does a fine job narrating the audio book. It was a little difficult to keep the characters straight at first (so many similar names), but full names are frequently used, which did help somewhat.
I had a copy of the text as well, and was surprised that there were no photos of the women included. I would have liked to put a face to the names.
3.5***
The subtitle is all the synopsis anyone needs: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.
Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, and her father worked at NASA’s Langley Research Center. She met many women and men he worked with, knew them from their neighborhood, and from church. But as she grew older she came to realize how extraordinary their story was, and also how unknown their story was. She wrote this book to ensure that future generations would not forget these women.
I had seen the movie, and it was very well done. But the movie covers just a few years, and compresses the story of many women into three characters. Yes, much of what was depicted in the film was accurate, but not everything happened to just these three women. Shetterly’s book covers the time from the early years of WW2, when men were scarce, and women stepped up to fill jobs as part of their patriotic duty to help win the war, to the Moon Landing in August 1969.
I found it very interesting to read about the way in which these women, highly intelligent and well educated, finally found some measure of recognition for their contributions. I applaud Shetterly’s efforts to bring their story to the forefront of America’s consciousness, and I’m glad I read it. However, this is not a gripping tale; there is some repetition, because the stories of these women (and their families) were so similar. I’m glad she included an epilogue to give some information about how they fared through the rest of their lives.
Robin Miles does a fine job narrating the audio book. It was a little difficult to keep the characters straight at first (so many similar names), but full names are frequently used, which did help somewhat.
I had a copy of the text as well, and was surprised that there were no photos of the women included. I would have liked to put a face to the names.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced