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• Title:Katherine Johnson / by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wilkins, Ebony, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ager, Charlotte, illustrator.
  
• Published/Created:New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2019.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QA29.J64 W55 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature.
  Johnson, Katherine G.
  United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Biography.
  African American women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  African American women physicists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  Women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  Women physicists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  African American women--Juvenile literature.
  African American women mathematicians.
  African American women physicists.
  Women mathematicians.
  Women physicists.
  African Americans--Biography.
  Women--Biography.
  
• Genre/Form:Biographies.
  
• Edition:First American edition.
  
• Description:128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 20 cm
  
• Series:DK life stories.
  
• Summary:Examines the life of mathematician Katherine Johnson, from her early education and career before working for NASA to her integral role in the space program.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781465479624
  1465479627
  9781465479129 (pbk.)
  1465479120 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Counting on Katherine
  Asking questions
  Separate and unequal
  Breaking barriers
  A new journey
  Woman at work
  Pushing for change
  The space race
  Apollo 11
  "One giant leap"
  An incredible career
  Awards and acclaim.