Who Was Katherine Johnson?
Shelia P. Moses, Who HQ, illustrated by Dede Putra
This illustrated biography follows Katherine Johnson from her childhood fascination with counting to her work as a mathematician. As a young Black girl, she counted ordinary things around her and advanced through school quickly, entering high school at ten in 1928. Her hand calculations later contributed to NASA missions, including Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing. The book centers on numbers, mathematical work, and Johnson’s path into space exploration.
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