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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hidden+Figures&rft.author=%5B%5BMargot+Lee+Shetterly%5D%5D&rft.date=September+6%2C+2016&rft.pub=%5B%5BWilliam+Morrow+and+Company%5D%5D&rft.place=United+States&rft.pages=368"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hidden_Figures_book_cover.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Hidden_Figures_book_cover.png/220px-Hidden_Figures_book_cover.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Hidden_Figures_book_cover.png 1.5x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="380" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margot_Lee_Shetterly" title="Margot Lee Shetterly">Margot Lee Shetterly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Morrow_and_Company" title="William Morrow and Company">William Morrow and Company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">September 6, 2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paperback" title="Paperback">Paperback</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">368</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 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href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Figures_(book)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shetterly started working on the book in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book takes place from the 1930s through the 1960s, depicting the particular barriers for Black women in science during this time, thereby providing a lesser-known history of <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The biographical text follows the lives of <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Johnson" title="Katherine Johnson">Katherine Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" title="Dorothy Vaughan">Dorothy Vaughan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer)" title="Mary Jackson (engineer)">Mary Jackson</a>, three mathematicians<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who worked as <a href="/wiki/Human_computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Human computer">computers</a> (then a job description) at <a href="/wiki/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics" title="National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics">NACA</a> and NASA, during the <a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">space race</a>. They overcame discrimination there, as women and as African Americans. Also featured is <a href="/wiki/Christine_Darden" title="Christine Darden">Christine Darden</a>, who was the first African-American woman to be promoted into the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Executive_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Executive Service">Senior Executive Service</a> for her work in researching <a href="/wiki/Supersonic_flight" class="mw-redirect" title="Supersonic flight">supersonic flight</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonic_boom" title="Sonic boom">sonic booms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Hidden Figures</i> explores the biographies of three <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> <a href="/wiki/Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Women">women</a> who worked as <a href="/wiki/Human_computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Human computer">computers</a> to solve problems for <a href="/wiki/Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Engineers">engineers</a> and others at NASA. For the first years of their careers, the workplace <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">was segregated</a> and women were kept in the background as <a href="/wiki/Human_computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Human computer">human computers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nbc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author Margot Lee Shetterly's father was a research scientist at NASA who worked with many of the book's main characters. </p><p>Shetterly explains how these women overcame discrimination and racial segregation to become vital parts of mathematics, scientific, and engineering history. One of them, Katherine Johnson, calculated rocket trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo missions.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson successfully "took matters into her own hands"<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by being assertive with her supervisor. When her mathematical abilities were recognized, Johnson was allowed into what had previously been all-male meetings at NASA.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Figures_(book)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The book reached number one on <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_The_New_York_Times_Non-Fiction_Best_Sellers" class="mw-redirect" title="Lists of The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers"><i>The New York Times</i> Non-Fiction Best Sellers</a> list<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and got the <a href="/wiki/Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award" title="Anisfield-Wolf Book Award">Anisfield-Wolf Book Award</a> for Nonfiction in 2017. The book was adapted as a <a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures">film by the same name</a>, released in 2016, that was nominated for three Oscars.<sup id="cite_ref-sciam_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sciam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-npr_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It received numerous other awards.<sup id="cite_ref-melfi_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-melfi-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film">Film</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Figures_(book)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures"><i>Hidden Figures</i></a></div> <p>The book was adapted as a <a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures" title="Hidden Figures">film of the same name</a>, written by <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Melfi" title="Theodore Melfi">Theodore Melfi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allison_Schroeder" title="Allison Schroeder">Allison Schroeder</a>, and directed by Melfi.<sup id="cite_ref-melfi_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-melfi-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released on December 25, 2016 to positive reviews from critics,<sup id="cite_ref-posreviews_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-posreviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received a nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> at the <a href="/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards" title="89th Academy Awards">89th Academy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oscar_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oscar-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It received numerous other nominations and awards.<sup id="cite_ref-melfi_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-melfi-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson" title="Taraji P. Henson">Taraji P. Henson</a> starred as mathematician <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Johnson" title="Katherine Johnson">Katherine Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" title="Octavia Spencer">Octavia Spencer</a> played <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" title="Dorothy Vaughan">Dorothy Vaughan</a>, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA in 1949, and <a href="/wiki/Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e" title="Janelle Monáe">Janelle Monáe</a> played <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer)" title="Mary Jackson (engineer)">Mary Jackson</a>, the first female African-American engineer to work for NASA.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie made US$231.3 million. The budget of the film was US$25 million. </p><p>While the film is based on the book, author Margot Lee Shetterly agrees that there are differences between the two, and she finds that to be understandable. </p> <blockquote><p>For better or for worse, there is history, there is the book and then there's the movie. Timelines had to be conflated and [there were] composite characters, and for most people [who have seen the movie] have already taken that as the literal fact. You might get the indication in the movie that these were the only people doing those jobs, when in reality we know they worked in teams, and those teams had other teams. There were sections, branches, divisions, and they all went up to a director. There were so many people required to make this happen. It would be great for people to understand that there were so many more people. Even though Katherine Johnson, in this role, was a hero, there were so many others that were required to do other kinds of tests and checks to make [Glenn's] mission come to fruition. But I understand you can't make a movie with 300 characters. It is simply not possible.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_adaptations">Other adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Figures_(book)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016 a Young Reader's Edition was released for readers ages 8–12.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures_(picture_book)" title="Hidden Figures (picture book)">Hidden Figures</a></i> picture book was released in January 2018. The book was co-written by <a href="/wiki/Margot_Lee_Shetterly" title="Margot Lee Shetterly">Margot Lee Shetterly</a> for children from four to eight years of age.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Figures_(book)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Area_Computers" title="West Area Computers">West Area Computers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathaleen_Land" title="Kathaleen Land">Kathaleen Land</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Figures_(book)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sciam-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sciam_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sciam_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowell2017" class="citation web cs1">Howell, Elizabeth (January 24, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-story-of-nasas-real-ldquo-hidden-figures-rdquo/">"The Story of NASA's Real "Hidden Figures"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Scientific_American" title="Scientific American">Scientific American</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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