Bibliograph

Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Type

Label

Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Age 6-8

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Katherine Johnson

Oclc number

972383591

Responsibility statement

by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Summary

Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time

Target audience

primary

Classification