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2019., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
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2019., Primary, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: Pic B Johnson Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Katherine Johnson, NASA mathmatician who helped put the first man on the moon.
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2018., Primary, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: B Joh Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of stars in the sky, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink. Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about math, about the universe. From Katherine's early beginnings as a gifted student to her heroic accomplishments as a prominent mathematician at NASA, this is the story of a ground-breaking American icon who not only calculated the course of moon landings but, in turn, saved lives"--Publisher.
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2016., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES Edition: 1st William Morrow movie tie-in trade pbk. ed. published 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before John Glenn orbited Earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as 'human computers' used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation..."--Amazon.com.
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2016., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Gen Sci & Math NF LEE Edition: 1st William Morrow movie tie-in trade pbk. ed. published 2016. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before John Glenn orbited Earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as 'human computers' used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation..."--Amazon.com.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES Edition: Young readers ed., Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as -human computers- used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GENERAL SCIENCE & MATH NF SHE Edition: Young readers ed., 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as -human computers- used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint Call No: 510.92 RISSMAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Encounter (Capstone Press)Summary Note: Looks at the African-American women that helped NASA, and America, win the space race. Includes stories about Katherine Johnson, Miriam Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, Annie Easley, and Christine Darden.
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2021., Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: MEMOIR NF JOH Edition: 1st Amistad hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Katherine Johnson shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer and her integral role in the early years of the United States space program.
