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Author:

Slade, Suzanne, author.

Title:

A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon / written by Suzanne Slade ; lllustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison.

Format:

:

Edition:

[Wonderbook edition].

Publisher:

Findaway WorldLLC,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm.

Subject:

Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women scientists--Juvenile literature.
African American women mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Children's audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Miller Jamison, Veronica, illustrator.
Illidge, Jeanette, narrator.
Findaway World, LLC, publisher.

Notes:

Release date supplied by publisher. Print book published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2019]. Audiobook originally released by Hachette Audio. Issued as a Wonderbook, a pre-loaded audiobook player permanently attached to a hardcover book. Powered by a rechargeable battery ; USB charger required for recharging. Audiobook player has 2 modes. Read-Along mode narrates the story. Learning mode asks questions related to the story. Includes bibliographical references. Read by Jeannette Illidge.

Summary:

Shares the story of the pioneering African American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped calculate America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon.

Series:

Wonderbook.

ISBN:

154913471X
9781549134715

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)