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Calculating the Stars - book 1 of the series "The Lady Astronaut" by Mary Robinette Kowal

In the early morning of March 3, 1952, a large meteorite falls into the ocean off the east coast of the United States and destroys a huge territory of the country, including Washington and almost the entire government. The whole world freezes in horror. Scientists explain how greater the damages would have been if the meteorite had fallen on land. The military blames the Russians and wants a new war. The victims and the disappeared are hundreds of thousands. Millions are homeless.

In this tense situation and chaos, Dr. Elma York is the first to understand the full scale of the catastrophe. A pilot from the Second World War and a genius mathematician, she manages to make calculations and builds a model proving the impending climate cataclysm. Very soon Earth will become uninhabitable.

IAC - the International Aerospace Coalition is formed. The goal: colonize space and save humanity. The race against time begins. But even on the threshold of total destruction, Elma York and her female team at the IAC must fight age-old prejudices to prove that women have their place in this new world.

Nebula Award for best novel 2018.
Locus Award for best novel 2019.
Hugo Award for best novel 2019.