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A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
- Author
- Slade, Suzanne, author.
- Title
- A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon / written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. ©2019
- Description
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
- Other contributors
- Miller Jamison, Veronica, illustrator.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Summary
- 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.
- Target audience
- Age 4-8.
- Subject headings
- Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography--Juvenile literature. African American women scientists--Juvenile literature. African American women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature. Women mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. Mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Genre heading
- Biographies. Juvenile works. Picture books. Picture books. Biographies.
- ISBN
- 9780316435178 (hardcover) 0316435171 (hardcover) 9780316435161 (ebook) 9780316470711 (library edition ebook) 9780316511315 9780316511322
Holdings
- Library
- Blmgtn - Education Library
- Call Number
- 510.92 SLA
- Location
- Material unavailable during renovations-Use your campus ILL