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Author:

Johnson, Katherine G., author.

Title:

My remarkable journey : a memoir / Katherine Johnson ; with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore and with Lisa Frazier Page.

Edition:

First Harper large print edition.

Publisher:

Harper Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xx, 326 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Johnson, Katherine G.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography.
African American women mathematicians--Biography.
Women mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Large type books.
Autobiographies.

Other Authors:

Hylick, Joylette, author.
Moore, Katherine (Writer at National Geographic Kids), author.
Page, Lisa Frazier, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references. Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-326).

Contents:

Nobody else is better than you -- Education matters -- A time for everything -- The blessing of help -- Be ready -- Ask brave questions -- Tomorrow comes -- Love what you do -- Shoot for the moon -- Finish strong -- Land on a firm foundation.

Summary:

The woman at the heart of the New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film "Hidden Figures" shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer and her integral role in the early years of the U.S. space program

ISBN:

0063090678
9780063090675

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1244273925

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

XGPC697 -- Villisca Public Library (Villisca)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)