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Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson

You Should Meet and Ready-To-Read: Level 3

Thea Feldman, Author

Alyssa Petersen, Illustrator

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9781534403406

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A brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986, Johnson's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions. A special section includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus inspiring careers for math lovers. Full color.
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Brilliant and determined, Katherine Johnson broke barriers with her mind and her math. This inspiring biography honors a woman whose calculations helped launch space missions—and whose courage helped reshape expectations.

Keywords and Themes: Aeronautics • African American & Black • Astronautics & Space Science • Beginner • Biography & Autobiography • Courage • Determination • Education • Equality • Insight • Inspiration • Intelligence • Juvenile Nonfiction • Leadership • Perseverance • Readers • Resourcefulness • Science & Technology • Technology • Women

Readability • 6.0

Age Range • 6-8

Pages • 48

Subjects • United States • Women physicists • Biographies • Johnson • Katherine G • African American women • Women mathematicians

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Juvenile Nonfiction | African American & Black • Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner

Get to know the woman who made many of NASA's early missions possible in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!"

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.

A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus inspiring careers for math lovers. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!

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