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"Berlin, Germany, 1930--When the Nazis rise to power, Jurgen Rhodes is offered a high-level position in their burgeoning rocket program. J�rgen and his wife Sofie fiercely oppose Hitler's radical views, and joining his ranks is unthinkable. Yet it soon becomes clear that if Jurgen does not accept the job, their income would be put on the line, and so would their lives. Huntsville, Alabama, 1950--J�rgen is one of many German scientists pardoned...
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"During World War II, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate jet velocities and plot missile trajectories, they recruited an elite group of young women--known as human computers--who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design and helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But they were never interested in developing weapons--their hearts lay in...
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