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Katherine Johnson  Cover Image Book Book

Katherine Johnson

Feldman, Thea (author.). Petersen, Alyssa, (illustrator.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1534403418
  • ISBN: 9781534403413
  • Physical Description: print
    47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: Simon Spotlight edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon Spotlight, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
At head of title: You should meet.
Formatted Contents Note: A family to count on -- Math, Katherine's number one love -- A "computer" in a skirt -- Katherine takes off! -- An infinite contribution.
Target Audience Note:
Age 6-8.
910L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.5 0.5 191757.
Subject: Johnson, Katherine G Juvenile literature
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Juvenile literature
African American women Biography Juvenile literature
African Americans Biography Juvenile literature
Mathematicians Biography Juvenile literature
Physicists Biography Juvenile literature
Women mathematicians Biography Juvenile literature
Women physicists Biography Juvenile literature
Women Biography Juvenile literature
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camden County Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Camden County Library District - Osage Beach E 530.092 Feldman (Text) 31320003676488 Easy Books Available -


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