Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
Johnson, Katherine G.2020
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Total copies: 2
Autobiography of the NASA mathematician, who helped launch Apollo 11 after overcoming brutal racism and sexism. Johnson's story was made famous by the Oscar-nominated film }Hidden Figures{. Ages: 10+ "Captivating, informative, and inspiring.Easy to follow and hard to put down." School Library Journal (starred review)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 racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father's words in mind: "You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you." In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA's biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon. Katherine Johnson's story was made famous in the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Now in Reaching for the Moon she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere.
Main title:
Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson / Katherine G. Johnson.
Author:
Johnson, Katherine G., author
Imprint:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Collation:
272 pages ; 20 cm
Audience:
Interest age level: 8-12.
ISBN:
9781534440845 (pbk)
Dewey class:
510.92B JOH
Language:
English
Subject:
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureWomen mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureWomen physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureApollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 9+Science and TechnologyChildren's / Teenage: general interestChildren's / Teenage: True stories told as fictionChildren's / Teenage general interest: People & placesChildren's / Teenage general interest: Space, stars & the solar systemEducational: HistoryChildren's / Teenage general interest: Biography & autobiographyChildren's / Teenage general interest: History & the pastEducational: TechnologyChildren's / Teenage general interest: Girls & womenChildren's / Teenage general interest: Science & technology: general interesUnited States of America, USARelating to African American people20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
BRN:
818271