Katherine Johnson: Ready-to-Read Level 3 (You Should Meet)

Katherine Johnson: Ready-to-Read Level 3 (You Should Meet)

Get to know the woman who made many of NASAâ€™s early missions possible in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people â€œyou should meet!â€

Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherineâ€™s unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASAâ€™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.

A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus inspiring careers for math lovers. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon Spotlight
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-07-18
Format Kindle eBook

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