Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
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Katherine Johnson

Written by Thea Feldman & illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
Part of the You Should Meet Book Series
Hardcover
$17.99
$16.97
6 - 8
Reading age
48
Page count
63
Words per page
~860L
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Jul 18, 2017
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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. 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. A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus inspiring careers for math lovers. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!

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female scientists  scientistsAmericagirls and womenaeronautics, astronautics and space sciencescience and technologytechnologymath1950 - 1999physicsBlack history1960'sKatherine Johnson

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781534403413
    Publication Date
    July 18, 2017
    Publisher
    Simon Spotlight
    Page Count
    48
    Words Per Page
    63
    Audience
    First Reader
    Reading Age
    6 - 8 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~860L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~T
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    191757
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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