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The Calculating Stars

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The Calculating Stars is an alternate history novel that explores the space race in the 1950s, where a catastrophic meteorite impact accelerates humanity's efforts to colonize space. The story follows Elma York, a female pilot and mathematician, as she fights for her place in the astronaut program against a backdrop of gender and racial discrimination.
Publisher
Tor Books
Publication year
2018
ISBN-13
9781466861244
Language
English
Subjects
Alternate HistoryScience FictionFeminismSpace Exploration1950s AmericaGender EqualityHistorical FictionWomen in STEMSocial CommentaryMeteorite Impact

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