Published on January 24, 2017
Go behind-the-scenes with Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly and Taraji P. Henson, who portrays ‘human computer’ Katherine Johnson, as they talk about Katherine’s central role in launching the first American into orbit during the Space Race. Her brilliant mathematics launched Friendship 7 into orbit playing an essential – yet forgotten – role in history. Inspired by Katherine and the other women in the film, IBM is revealing other hidden figures in STEM to act as role models for the next generation of forward thinkers.
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