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  1. May 25, 2021 · Katherine G. Johnson, Joylette Hylick, Katherine G. Moore. The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.

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  2. Katherine G. Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Vi on August 26th, 1918 and passed away at the age of 101 on February 24th, 2020. Katherine G. Johnson Stats: The highest rated book by Katherine G. Johnson on Book Notification is My Remarkable Journey, the first novel in the Katherine G. Johnson Biographies & Memoirs series.

  3. 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.

  4. Jul 18, 2017 · She specializes in children’s book illustration, but enjoys experimenting with character design, concept art, fashion illustration, and decorative art. She currently resides in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Written by Thea Feldman, You Should Meet is a collection of 2 books starting with Katherine Johnson and ending with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

  5. Jun 1, 2021 · Katherine Johnson, a 1937 West Virginia State University graduate, was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital trajectories for NASA were critical to the success of U.S. spaceflights. During her thirty-five years at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks.

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  6. May 5, 2020 · In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA’s biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon. Katherine Johnson’s story was made famous in the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures.

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  8. Jul 18, 2017 · 4.32. 168 ratings23 reviews. Get to know the woman who made many of NASA’s early missions possible in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986.

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