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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
3.73k 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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SO so good. I was enraptured and had a lot of trouble putting it down! A must read for anyone interested in space program history! Despite this, the movie was better.
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This story is really interesting but the book itself was very slow, no dialogue. I've heard great things about the movie
2018 review:
Because February is, in some countries, Black History Month, I decided to read the two books I had on my shelf that centers around the stories of African Americans. So this month I read Hidden Figures and Lies We Tell Ourselves . I really enjoyed both books, and I especially think reading Hidden Figures right after LWTO was a good idea. They both take place in the same time period (the 50s) and they both take place in Virigina. This led to a lot of the same events and places being mentioned in both books, and that really enriched the experience. While Sarah in LWTO suffered from unspeakable racism in her newly desegregated school, these women did amazing things for NASA at Langley. It really showed me the many sides of life for black people in Virgina in the 50s.
One thing I've seen in reviews of this is people saying it too technical and difficult to understand, and that they book would've been just as good without the technical jargon. And I'm not gonna lie and say I understood everything, I'm terrible at maths. But these women helped put a man on the moon. They were geniuses. Writing a book about their contribution to society and not including all the maths and what exactly they worked on would've been a huge insult to them. They deserve to be remembered for their actual work, not just as the black women who worked for NASA.
All in all I had a great time with this book, and now I'm excited to watch the movie!
Because February is, in some countries, Black History Month, I decided to read the two books I had on my shelf that centers around the stories of African Americans. So this month I read Hidden Figures and Lies We Tell Ourselves . I really enjoyed both books, and I especially think reading Hidden Figures right after LWTO was a good idea. They both take place in the same time period (the 50s) and they both take place in Virigina. This led to a lot of the same events and places being mentioned in both books, and that really enriched the experience. While Sarah in LWTO suffered from unspeakable racism in her newly desegregated school, these women did amazing things for NASA at Langley. It really showed me the many sides of life for black people in Virgina in the 50s.
One thing I've seen in reviews of this is people saying it too technical and difficult to understand, and that they book would've been just as good without the technical jargon. And I'm not gonna lie and say I understood everything, I'm terrible at maths. But these women helped put a man on the moon. They were geniuses. Writing a book about their contribution to society and not including all the maths and what exactly they worked on would've been a huge insult to them. They deserve to be remembered for their actual work, not just as the black women who worked for NASA.
All in all I had a great time with this book, and now I'm excited to watch the movie!
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I guess I was expecting a more detailed version of the movie? This was so dry and rather boring in comparison.
3.5/5 rounded up
Informative, meticulous, and compassionate look at some of the women whose work contributing to aeronautics research had gone largely unacknowledged. Robin Miles did a great job narrating. A touch too far to hagiography in places, some weird turns of phrase and some very unexamined uplift/respectability politics kept me from enjoying it more, but overall, it worked well for a soundtrack for my runs.
Informative, meticulous, and compassionate look at some of the women whose work contributing to aeronautics research had gone largely unacknowledged. Robin Miles did a great job narrating. A touch too far to hagiography in places, some weird turns of phrase and some very unexamined uplift/respectability politics kept me from enjoying it more, but overall, it worked well for a soundtrack for my runs.