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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The woman at the heart of the New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film "Hidden Figures" 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 U.S. space program
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English
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"Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others...She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses...And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon!"...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 [mission. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about math, about the universe. From Katherine's...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11"--
"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...
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change."--
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Publisher
IGWEST
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Gladys B. West played an integral role in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) while serving as a mathematician with Navy. Born in the poor farming community of Sutherland, Virginia, she rose from poverty despite segregation, The Great Depression, and Jim Crow laws, to become one of the first professional black women hired at the Dahlgren (Va.) Naval Proving Grounds (now Dahlgren Surface Naval Warfare Center)".--Publisher.
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