Book
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NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
Publication Information
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2017]
Physical Description
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Audience
Grade 4 to 6.
Series
Summary
Presents information about the African American woman who overcame many barriers to become a NASA mathematician and broke barriers to help send astronauts to the moon.
Contents
- Brilliant beginning
- Star student
- Life-changing chance
- Leader among men
- Woman on a mission.
Subjects
- African American women mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American teachers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American women mathematicians > Biography.
- Mathematicians > Biography.
- African American teachers > Biography.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography.
- Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile literature.
- Johnson, Katherine G.