You should Meet: Katherine Johnson

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
ISBN-13:
9781534403406
Publisher:
Thea Feldman
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology
Grade Levels:
First grade, Second grade, Third grade
Reading Age:
6–8
Submitted By:
Worth Trust
Proofread By:
Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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