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The Resource Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen

Label
Katherine Johnson
Title
Katherine Johnson
Statement of responsibility
by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Title variation
You should meet Katherine Johnson
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Member of
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10570314
Cataloging source
BTCTA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Feldman, Thea
Dewey number
  • 530.092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • Age 6-8
  • 910L
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
LG
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 1
  • 2
Reading level
5.5
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Petersen, Alyssa
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Series statement
  • You should meet
  • Ready-to-read. Level three, Megastar reader!
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Johnson, Katherine G.
  • Johnson, Katherine G
  • United States
  • United States
  • Physicists
  • Women physicists
  • Mathematicians
  • Women mathematicians
  • African Americans
  • African American women
  • Women
  • Physicists
  • Women physicists
  • Mathematicians
  • Women mathematicians
  • African Americans
  • African American women
  • Women
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reader
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
Target audience
primary
Label
Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
At head of title: You should meet
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1825297
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
48 pages
Isbn
9781534403413
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781534403413
  • (OCoLC)972383591
Label
Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Publication
Copyright
Note
At head of title: You should meet
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1825297
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
48 pages
Isbn
9781534403413
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781534403413
  • (OCoLC)972383591

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