Bibliograph

Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Type

Label

Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

910L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Katherine Johnson

Responsibility statement

by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Series statement

You should meetReady to read, level three. Megastar reader!

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 5.5, 0.5, 191757

Summary

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor

Creator