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A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon

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    Voix de: Jeanette Illidge
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Temps de fonctionnement: 00:13 hrs
    Voix de: Jeanette Illidge
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    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component

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  • Author: Slade, Suzanne
    Contributor: Illidge, Jeanette
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
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    2019
    Summary:

    The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson—made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures —who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others—as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses—as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon! Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.

    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781549156298