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Author:
Wilkins, Ebony, author.
Title:
Katherine Johnson / by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
Edition:
First American edition.
Publisher:
DK Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm
Subject:
Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women physicists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women physicists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Ager, Charlotte, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Counting on Katherine -- Asking questions -- Separate and unequal -- Breaking barriers -- A new journey -- Woman at work -- Pushing for change -- The space race -- Apollo 11 -- "One giant leap" -- An incredible career -- Awards and acclaim.
Summary:
"It was an incredible accomplishment when the United States first put a person on the moon--but without the incredible behind-the-scenes work of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, such a feat could not have been possible. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, follow Katherine's remarkable journey from growing up in West Virginia, to becoming a teacher, to breaking barriers at NASA and receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015."-- provided by publisher.
Series:
DK life stories
ISBN:
1465479120
9781465479129
1465479627
9781465479624
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1080519524
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)
GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)
SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)
CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)
FFPC194 -- Nashua Public Library (Nashua)
UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)
AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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