The Resource Rocket girl : the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, George D. Morgan
Rocket girl : the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, George D. Morgan
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The item Rocket girl : the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, George D. Morgan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. On the opposite side of the world, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school in Ray, North Dakota. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later, the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined. The author relates how World War II and the Cold War space race with the Russians changed the fates of both von Braun and his mother. When von Braun and other top engineers could not find a solution to the repeated failures that plagued the nascent U.S. rocket program, North American Aviation, where Mary Sherman Morgan then worked, was given the challenge. Recognizing her talent for chemistry, company management turned the assignment over to young Mary. Her work resulted in a new propellant, Hydyne. While von Braun went on to become a high-profile figure in NASA's manned space flight, Mary Sherman Morgan and her contributions fell into obscurity
- Language
- eng
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- Rocket girl : the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist
- Title
- Rocket girl
- Title remainder
- the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist
- Statement of responsibility
- George D. Morgan
- Title variation
- Rocket girl
- Title variation remainder
- the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, Americas first female rocket scientist
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Morgan, Mary Sherman, 1921-2004
- Rocketry -- United States -- Biography
- trueRocketry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- SCIENCE -- Chemistry | General
- SCIENCE -- History
- trueScientists -- Biography
- trueWomen scientists -- United States -- Biography
- trueCold War
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. On the opposite side of the world, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school in Ray, North Dakota. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later, the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined. The author relates how World War II and the Cold War space race with the Russians changed the fates of both von Braun and his mother. When von Braun and other top engineers could not find a solution to the repeated failures that plagued the nascent U.S. rocket program, North American Aviation, where Mary Sherman Morgan then worked, was given the challenge. Recognizing her talent for chemistry, company management turned the assignment over to young Mary. Her work resulted in a new propellant, Hydyne. While von Braun went on to become a high-profile figure in NASA's manned space flight, Mary Sherman Morgan and her contributions fell into obscurity
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- individual biography
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- 10187070
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- Morgan, George D
- Dewey number
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- 509.2
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Morgan, Mary Sherman
- Rocketry
- Women scientists
- Rocketry
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- SCIENCE
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- the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist
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- Rocket girl : the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, George D. Morgan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index
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- Control code
- ocn818738033
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616147396
- Lccn
- 2013010090
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- n
- Other control number
- 40022617131
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818738033
- Label
- Rocket girl : the story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, George D. Morgan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn818738033
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616147396
- Lccn
- 2013010090
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40022617131
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)818738033
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Morgan, Mary Sherman, 1921-2004
- Rocketry -- United States -- Biography
- trueRocketry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- SCIENCE -- Chemistry | General
- SCIENCE -- History
- trueScientists -- Biography
- trueWomen scientists -- United States -- Biography
- trueCold War
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