M.’s Reviews > Hidden Figures > Status Update

I'm glad this book shows the reality of an admirable career in science as difficult, less dramatic, and spanning a much longer time in a person's life. The movie version was typical of hollywood, making lifelong struggles and institutionalized hardships into something that could be wiped away with one dramatic act. The truth of progress is much messier, and rarely has a "we've made it!" moment, as this story shows.