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40 pp.
| Little
| March, 2019
|
Trade
ISBN 978-0-316-43517-8
$18.99
|
Ebook
ISBN 978-0-316-43516-1
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2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Veronica Miller Jamison.
In 1953, Katherine Johnson started work as a "computer," or mathematician, for what would become NASA. During her career, Johnson calculated Alan Shepard’s First-American-in-Space flight path, John Glenn’s First-American-to-Orbit-Earth trajectory, and
Apollo 11’s Race-to-the-Moon-and-Back flight path. Inspiring, upbeat, and clever, Slade's text highlights the racism, sexism, and other false beliefs that Johnson confronted. Equations, angles, and diagrams fill Miller Jamison's expressive, layered illustrations. Images of Johnson's work are appended. Timeline. Bib.