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Katherine Johnson
- Title
- Katherine Johnson / by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
- Author
- Wilkins, Ebony
- Publication
- New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2019.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc D 19-512 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Additional Authors
- Ager, Charlotte
- Description
- 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Examines the life of mathematician Katherine Johnson, from her early education and career before working for NASA to her integral role in the space program.
- Series Statement
- DK life stories
- Uniform Title
- DK life stories.
- Subject
- Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile literature
- Johnson, Katherine G
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Juvenile literature
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- African American women mathematicians > Juvenile literature
- African American women physicists > Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians > Juvenile literature
- Women physicists > Juvenile literature
- African American women > Juvenile literature
- African American women
- African American women mathematicians
- African American women physicists
- Women mathematicians
- Women physicists
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Illustrated works.
- Juvenile works.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Counting on Katherine -- Asking questions -- Separate and unequal -- Breaking barriers -- A new journey -- Woman at work -- Pushing for change -- The space race -- Apollo 11 -- "One giant leap" -- An incredible career -- Awards and acclaim.
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-512
- ISBN
- 9781465479624
- 1465479627
- 9781465479129
- 1465479120
- LCCN
- 2018289629
- OCLC
- 1080519524
- 1080519524
- Author
- Wilkins, Ebony, author.
- Title
- Katherine Johnson / by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2019.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- DK life storiesDK life stories.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Ager, Charlotte, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-512