The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASAâ¤s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in Americaâ¤s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as â¤?Human Computersâ¤, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these â¤?colored computers⤠used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASAâ¤s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the womenâ¤s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankindâ¤s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.