Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
Johnson, Katherine G.2020
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As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father's words in mind: 'You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you'. In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA's biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon.
Main title:
Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson / Katherine G. Johnson.
Author:
Johnson, Katherine G., author
Imprint:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
Audience:
Interest age level: 8-12.Juvenile.pym; pyu; syl.
ISBN:
9781534440845 (pbk)
Dewey class:
510.92510920J920JOH
Local class:
920 B JOH920B
Language:
English
Subject:
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureWomen mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureWomen physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureApollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literatureNASANon-Fiction 9+Science and TechnologyNon-Fiction 9+Science, Maths and Technology
Index terms:
BiographiesMathematicsSpaceCivil rights
BRN:
2683220