The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Johnson

I am in absolute awe of Katherine Johnson. From her mathematical genius to her quiet confidence and humility. I did slightly struggle with space science, but you can judge for yourself how I’ve phrased this that it’s to be taken with a pinch of salt because my knowledge and understanding of science......more

This book is a biography about the life of Katherine Johnson, a mathematician whose work with NASA helped shape American space exploration. I learned that she calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepherd's Freedom 7 mission during 1961 and she also recalculated John Glenn's Friendship Flight 7 by han......more

A wonderful non-fiction book, which informs children of the extraordinary life of Katherine Johnson- one of the most important people in the history of space travel. Indeed, her mathematical calculations help to put the first humans onto the moon. I particularly like the way the book explains that a......more

I always feel vaguely guilty when I don't love the books I get via Inter-Library Loan. If they're going to go to the effort of sending a book across the country for me, I should at least do them the courtesy of appreciating it. And I don't hate this one--it's a decent juvenile biography of Katherine......more

Katherine Johnson was a computer. Not a laptop or PC or anything like that--she was one of the many women who did mathematical calculations for NASA during the space race. Despite the prejudice she faced as a woman of color, her ability to solve complex problems helped her land astronauts on the moo......more