Join the non-fiction book discussion group at the South Yarmouth Library as we discuss Hidden Figures: the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation.

Copies of the book are available at both libraries. You can also read the ebook or listen to the audiobook through Overdrive or on the Libby app. Please email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org or call the library at 508-760-4820 with any questions. No registration required.