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Author Jina, Devika, author.

Title The extraordinary life of Katherine Johnson / written by Devika Jina ; illustrated by Maggie Cole.

Publication Info. Tulsa, OK : Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing, 2020.
©2019

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 92 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note "Original edition first published by Penguin Books Ltd, London."
Includes index.
Summary In 1969 history was made when the first humans stepped on the moon. Back on earth, one woman was running the numbers that ensured they got there and back in one piece. As a child, Katherine Johnson loved maths. She went on to be one of the most important people in the history of space travel. Discover her incredible life story in this beautifully illustrated book complete with narrative biography, timelines and facts.
Subject Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Author Cole, Maggie, illustrator.
ISBN 9781684640744
1684640741
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