A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Miller Jamison, Veronica, illustrator.
Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316435178, 0316435171
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
Lexile measure
760L
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Status
Le Sueur Public Library - Junior Picture Book Nonfiction
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Picture Book 921 Johnson
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Picture Book 921 Johnson
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780316435178, 0316435171
Lexile measure
760
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
Description
The inspiring story of mathematician Katherine Johnson - made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures - who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others - as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses - as wrong as 10-5=3. 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! Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Johnson tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography. --,From dust jacket.
Target Audience
760L,Lexile
Target Audience
Age 4-8.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,4.3,0.5,504022.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women scientists -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women scientists -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Slade, S., & Miller Jamison, V. (2019). A computer called Katherine: how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Slade, Suzanne and Veronica, Miller Jamison. 2019. A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America On the Moon. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Slade, Suzanne and Veronica, Miller Jamison. A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America On the Moon Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Slade, Suzanne,, and Veronica Miller Jamison. A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America On the Moon First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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