Katherine Johnson
New York : Simon Spotlight, 2017.
Format: Book
Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Series: You should meet.
Subjects:
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Age 6-8.
ISBN:
9781534403413
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | Out (Due: 5/7/2024) |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Main (Downtown) | Display - Third Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Blythewood | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | North Main | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Northeast Indoors | Children's Biography | Out (Due: 5/7/2024) |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Northeast Indoors | Children's Biography | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Johnson, Katherine | Lower Richland | Children's Biography | In |