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The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in spacea powerful, revelatory contribution that is as essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America asBetween the World and MeandThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The basis for the smashAcademy Award-nominated filmstarring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.