Hisabati Ile Ripotini Yake ya 1959 Kuwa Nzuri na Sahihi Kama Simfoni

Hidden Figures: "The math in her historic 1959 report as beautiful and precise...as a symphony."

KISWAHILI

[Mwandishi Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures hutukumbusha kwamba kila mara kuna mengi zaidi kwenye hadithi:]

“Hata zaidi ya idadi kubwa ya kushangaza ya wanawake weusi na weupe ambao walikuwa wamejificha katika taaluma inayoonekana kuwa kabisa nyeupe na wanaume, mwili wa kazi walioacha nyuma ulikuwa ufunuo. Kulikuwa na Dorothy Hoover, akifanya kazi kwa Robert T. Jones mwaka wa 1946 na kuchapisha utafiti wa kinadharia juu ya mbawa zake za delta zenye umbo la pembetatu mwaka wa 1951. Kulikuwa na Dorothy Vaughan, akifanya kazi na "Wanakompyuta wa East [Langley]" weupe [Wanakompyuta walikua cheo cha kazi cha watu waliofanya hisabati] kuandika kitabu juu ya mbinu za aljebra kwa mashine za kukokotoa za mitambo ambazo zilikuwa washirika wao wa daima. Kulikuwa na Mary Jackson, akitetea uchanganuzi wake dhidi ya John Becker, mmoja wa wataalam wa anga wa juu ulimwenguni. Kulikuwa na Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, akielezea njia ya obiti ya kukimbia kwa John Glenn, hisabati katika ripoti yake ya 1959 ilianzisha mbinu mpya kuwa nzuri na sahihi na kuu vilevile kama simfoni.”

- Margot Lee Shetterly, katika dondoo kutoka kitabu chake Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016)

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

[Author Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures reminds us that there is always more to a story:]

“Even more than the surprisingly large numbers of black and white women who had been hiding in a profession seen as universally white and male, the body of work they left behind was a revelation. There was Dorothy Hoover, working for Robert T. Jones in 1946 and publishing theoretical research on his famed triangle-shaped delta wings in 1951. There was Dorothy Vaughan, working with the white “East [Langley] Computers” [Computers was the job title of the people who did the mathematics] to write a textbook on algebraic methods for the mechanical calculating machines that were their constant companions. There was Mary Jackson, defending her analysis against John Becker, one of the world’s top aerodynamicists. There was Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, describing the orbital trajectory of John Glenn’s flight, the math in her trailblazing 1959 report as elegant and precise and grand as a symphony.”

- Margot Lee Shetterly, in an excerpt from her book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016)

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Kuhusu (About):

KISWAHILI

Margot Lee Shetterly ni mwandishi wa Marekani, mjasiriamali, na msafiri shupavu ambaye aliishi miaka 11 huko Mexico. Kwa sasa, yuko kwenye likizo refu ili akifanye kazi kwa kitabu kipya. Kitabu chake cha Hidden Figures kilitengenezwa kuwa filamu—trela hiyo iko chini.*

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Margot Lee Shetterly is an American author, entrepreneur, and intrepid traveler who spent 11 years living in Mexico. She is currently on a writing sabbatical, working on a new book. Her Hidden Figures book was made into a movie—that trailer is below.*

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KISWAHILI: Asante na tutaonana tena,

Mmerikani

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Thank you and may we see each other again,

Mmerikani

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Chanzo (source): Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. New York: HarperCollins, 2016, page xvii. Kindle edition.

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