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A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon Cover Image Book Book

A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon / written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison.

Slade, Suzanne, (author.). Miller Jamison, Veronica, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Includes bibliographical references.
Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
Shares the story of the pioneering African American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped calculate America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316435178
  • ISBN: 0316435171
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

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Target Audience Note:
Age 4-8.

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Subject: Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile literature.
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Genre: Biographies.
Picture books.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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scottsboropl E 920 Joh 32269001113599 Juvenile - Easy NonFiction Available -

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