Katherine Johnson
Howell, Izzi2020
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'Katherine Johnson' tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering her early maths skills which saw her attending high school at only 10 years old through to her work at NASA calculating and analysing the flight paths of many spacecraft. She helped send astronauts to the Moon. 'Masterminds' introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work was important.
Main title:
Katherine Johnson / Izzi Howell.
Author:
Howell, Izzi, author
Imprint:
London : Wayland, 2020.
Collation:
32 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781526312709 (hbk)
Dewey class:
510.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Johnson, Katherine G.Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literatureWomen mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureMathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 7+Science, Maths and TechnologyAfrican American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureScience and Technology
BRN:
2645389
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