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Katherine G. Johnson

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Description:“This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Captivating, informative, and inspiring…Easy to follow and hard to put down.” —School Library Journal (starred review)The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11.As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father’s words in “You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you.”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. Now in Reaching for the Moon she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson. To get started finding Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: “This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Captivating, informative, and inspiring…Easy to follow and hard to put down.” —School Library Journal (starred review)The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11.As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father’s words in “You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you.”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. Now in Reaching for the Moon she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson. To get started finding Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Decoupled-control analysis of a large flexible space antenna with linear quadratic regulator comparisons / John W. Young, Harold A. Hamer, and Katherine G. Johnson. 1984 [Leather Bound]

Decoupled-control analysis of a large flexible space antenna with linear quadratic regulator comparisons / John W. Young, Harold A. Hamer, and Katherine G. Johnson. 1984 [Leather Bound]

Fixed-angle translunar guidance procedures using onboard optical measurements Harold A. Hamer and Katherine G. Johnson. 1971 [Leather Bound]

Fixed-angle translunar guidance procedures using onboard optical measurements Harold A. Hamer and Katherine G. Johnson. 1971 [Leather Bound]

Pseudosteady-state analysis of nonlinear aircraft maneuvers / John W. Young, Albert A. Schy, and Katherine G. Johnson. 1980 [Leather Bound]

Pseudosteady-state analysis of nonlinear aircraft maneuvers / John W. Young, Albert A. Schy, and Katherine G. Johnson. 1980 [Leather Bound]

Determination of azimuth angle at burnout for placing a satellite over a selected earth position / by T.H. Skopinski and Katherine G. Johnson. 1960 [Leather Bound]

Determination of azimuth angle at burnout for placing a satellite over a selected earth position / by T.H. Skopinski and Katherine G. Johnson. 1960 [Leather Bound]