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Katherine Johnson  Cover Image Book Book

Katherine Johnson / by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen.

Feldman, Thea, (author.). Petersen, Alyssa, (illustrator.).

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781534403413
  • ISBN: 1534403418
  • ISBN: 9781534403406
  • ISBN: 153440340X
  • ISBN: 9781518252846
  • ISBN: 1518252842
  • ISBN: 9781643108834
  • Physical Description: 47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: Simon Spotlight edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon Spotlight, 2017.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
At head of title: You should meet.
Formatted Contents Note:
A family to count on -- Math, Katherine's number one love -- A "computer" in a skirt -- Katherine takes off! -- An infinite contribution.
Target Audience Note:
Age 6-8.
Subject: 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, 1918- > 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.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Reader > Beginner.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Technology > Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science.
Genre: Biographies.

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Athens Regional Library System:
      Danielsville/Madison County Library
JB JOHNSON ( Send Text)
31001003584399 JUV Checked out
Athens Regional Library System:
      Lavonia Carnegie Library
JB JOHNSON ( Send Text)
31001003584423 JUV Available
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31001003584415 JUV Available
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LEVEL 3 JOHNSON, KATHERINE ( Send Text)
31687002725524 LEVEL Available
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      Headquarters Library
J 530 JOHNSON, KATHERINE ( Send Text)
31012005716525 EASY-RDR Available
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J 530 JOHNSON, KATHERINE ( Send Text)
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      Tifton-Tift County Public Library
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B R 530.092 JOHNSON FEL ( Send Text)
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      Central Branch
JB JOHNSON FELDMAN, THEA ( Send Text)
31018904130114 JUV Available


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