Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
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Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Age 6-8
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Katherine Johnson
Oclc number
972383591
Responsibility statement
by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Series statement
You should meetReady-to-read. Level three, Megastar reader!
Summary
Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time
Table Of Contents
A family to count on -- Math, Katherine's number one love -- A "computer" in a skirt -- Katherine takes off! -- An infinite contribution
Target audience
primary
resource.variantTitle
You should meet Katherine Johnson
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- Biographies
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Biographies
- Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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