DK Life Stories: Katherine Johnson

This biography follows Katherine Johnson from her childhood in West Virginia through her work as a teacher and her later career at NASA. It recounts how she overcame barriers to become a mathematician whose behind-the-scenes work was connected to the United States' first moon landing. The book also covers her 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Johnson's life is presented as the path of a mathematician whose NASA work made a significant contribution to the space program.