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A review by meredith_mccaskey
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
5.0
Superbly well-written and engaging! I listened to the audiobook (first time I've ever listened to a non-fiction audiobook) and it turned out to be a great choice! Shetterly did a fabulous job of weaving together the stories of the three women's lives– Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson–with the overarching story of NASA, against the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement. She claims in the prologue to be an amateur historian– you certainly wouldn't be able to tell it from this book!
As a right-brained, artsy English major who avoided as much math and science as I could, I really appreciated how accessible Shetterly made the scientific portions to people like me. I never felt bogged down in scientific detail, yet I felt like I learned a few things. I am going to have my husband, who will graduate in June as a USAF test pilot, read this book. He will have a lot of appreciation for how these women helped to lay the groundwork for what he's doing right now!
Five enthusiastic stars!
As a right-brained, artsy English major who avoided as much math and science as I could, I really appreciated how accessible Shetterly made the scientific portions to people like me. I never felt bogged down in scientific detail, yet I felt like I learned a few things. I am going to have my husband, who will graduate in June as a USAF test pilot, read this book. He will have a lot of appreciation for how these women helped to lay the groundwork for what he's doing right now!
Five enthusiastic stars!