Ten questions each for the book and film, Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race Author: Margot Lee Shetterly Publisher: William CollinsThe book Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race is more factual than the film. It is more like a textbook with scientific information about aviation and civil rights. The author demonstrates how segregation at NACA (now NASA) compared and c