Katherine Johnson / by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen.
Title:
Katherine Johnson / by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen.
ISBN:
9781534403413
9781534403406
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Publication Information:
New York : Simon Spotlight, 2017.
©2017
Physical Description:
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
At head of title: You should meet.
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader LG 5.5 0.5 191757
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Interest age level:
Age 6-8.
OCLC Number:
ocn972383591
Availability:
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