Rutgers Reads 2017: Hidden Figures

Resources on Hidden Figures, first-year required reading at Rutgers University-Camden.

Hidden Figures

Photo: Katherine Johnson watches the premiere of Hidden Figures at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, VA. Creator: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani. Shared here without changes under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

Reviews of the Book

The Guardian: Hidden figures: the history of Nasa’s black female scientists
The New York Review of Books: Calculating Women (joint review with The Glass Universe and Rise of the Rocket Girls)
The New York Times: Ladies Who Launch (joint review with The Glass Universe)
The New York Times: On Being a Black Female Math Whiz During the Space Race
NPR: 'Hidden Figures' No More: Meet The Black Women Who Helped Send America To Space (audio)
NPR: 'Hidden Figures,' 'The Glass Universe,' And Why Science Needs History
The Seattle Times: ‘Hidden Figures’: unsung heroes of America’s space race
Smithsonian.com: The True Story of “Hidden Figures,” the Forgotten Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
USA TODAY: 'Hidden Figures,' the book, soars up USA TODAY's list

Reviews of the Film

Interviews and Video

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