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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
3.72k 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
3.5* actually. I LOVED the importance of this story and these courageously brilliant women who deserve this accolade. The author researched their stories and the history so meticulously. Set against the backdrop of WWII, the space race, and the civil rights movement, these infamously underrated human computers accomplished more than history has ever given them credit for, and I am so thankful that their stories have been finally brought into the open and celebrated.
I grudgingly agree, however, with many other reviews that this reads more like a textbook, and that their personal struggles seemed - especially for the time period - almost seamless. They rose to the top of their field amidst the racism of blacks and women, but I did not feel their struggles. It felt as if their continuous rise up the science ladder was without the obvious bumps or bruises along the way. I KNOW there had to be issues of discomfort, frustration, belittlement, etc., but the author glossed over these and instead chose to focus on the history of the time. She rattled off so many names, dates, and events that meant nothing to me, though I felt like I was supposed to know them and felt silly for my ignorance.
I suppose I would have liked this story better if she had chosen to write it with a more personal touch, in the novel style of historical fiction. I wanted to KNOW these ladies, not just know about them. However, this may say more about me as a reader needing that entertainment punch instead of appreciating the narrative history genre.
Still, with that being said, these women are miracles of their time. This is a story worth reading, and I am thankful for their place in our history. I would highly recommend this for everyone because their story is so crucial to the space program. Who knew?
I grudgingly agree, however, with many other reviews that this reads more like a textbook, and that their personal struggles seemed - especially for the time period - almost seamless. They rose to the top of their field amidst the racism of blacks and women, but I did not feel their struggles. It felt as if their continuous rise up the science ladder was without the obvious bumps or bruises along the way. I KNOW there had to be issues of discomfort, frustration, belittlement, etc., but the author glossed over these and instead chose to focus on the history of the time. She rattled off so many names, dates, and events that meant nothing to me, though I felt like I was supposed to know them and felt silly for my ignorance.
I suppose I would have liked this story better if she had chosen to write it with a more personal touch, in the novel style of historical fiction. I wanted to KNOW these ladies, not just know about them. However, this may say more about me as a reader needing that entertainment punch instead of appreciating the narrative history genre.
Still, with that being said, these women are miracles of their time. This is a story worth reading, and I am thankful for their place in our history. I would highly recommend this for everyone because their story is so crucial to the space program. Who knew?
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This is a must read if you want to have an accurate portrayal of American 1900s history. This is stuff, unfortunately, not taught in schools. It is also inpisiring and hopeful. These women are so strong and deserving of more public recognition.
I just have two things to say about this book. One, I got lost in some of the jargon, but I've heard that it's easier to understand in the Young Reader's edition. Two, I feel ashamed that I grew up about half an hour from the research facility that this took place at and had known nothing about this, definitely eyeopening and I really enjoyed it.
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DNF unfortunately. Such an important book, but now I know biographies are not for me. It was slow and dry.
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I got through half of this book and it just didn't grip me enough to finish it. It's not that the women who worked for Langley weren't remarkable pioneers, but the writing is just so disengaging and dry. Such a shame!
Very dry and clinical, so hard to connect to the women she's describing because of that. I really wanted to like this book and I was so disappointed.
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The cover of this book is super misleading because it is nothing like the movie... If there hadn't been a movie, I doubt very many people would know this story. That being said, I actually found this book closer to a research paper, not a story. There were random tangents listing tons of names I don't know or care about, that serve (imo) no purpose. I wish these ladies had been given a better novel, perhaps there will be a more fictional work depicting their lives. Because I'm an engineering student I can mostly follow along the tech and physics aspect but other than that, I sadly can't recommend this book to anyone and I wish that wasn't the case especially since I learned so much reading it.