Katherine Johnson
Wilkins, Ebony Joy2019
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In this biography, discover the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, famed NASA mathematician and one of the subjects of the award-winning 2016 film 'Hidden Figures.' It was an incredible accomplishment when the United States first put a person on the Moon - but without the incredible behind-the-scenes work of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, such a feat could not have been possible. Follow her remarkable journey from growing up in West Virginia, to becoming a teacher, to breaking barriers at NASA and receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Main title:
Katherine Johnson / by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
Author:
Wilkins, Ebony Joy, authorAger, Charlotte, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2019.
Collation:
128 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780241358580 (hbk)
Dewey class:
510.92J510.92510.9920920JOH
Local class:
920.1920
Language:
English
Subject:
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 9+Science, Maths and TechnologyMathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 9+Science, Maths and TechnologyAccelerated readerAccelerated reader -- AR6.8Accelerated reader -- AR6
BRN:
2359084
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