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Contributions of African American scientists and mathematicians / by Lang, Mozell P.;
Subjects: African American mathematicians; African American mathematicians; African American mathematicians; African American scientists; African American scientists; African American scientists;
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Hidden women : the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race / by Rissman, Rebecca,author.(CARDINAL)487766;
Includes stories about Katherine Johnson, Miriam Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, Annie Easley, and Christine Darden.Age 8-12.Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-111) and index.Get the girl -- The space race -- Running numbers -- A woman in the wind tunnel -- Testing rockets -- Annie Easley and the centaur -- A year of tragedy and new hope -- The moon landing, a dream come true -- "Houston, we've had a problem" -- After the race -- Epilogue -- Timeline.820LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Women mathematicians; African American mathematicians; African American women scientists; African American women; African Americans; Space race;
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Katherine Johnson / by Howell, Izzi.(CARDINAL)354614;
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; African American women physicists; African American women.; Women mathematicians; Women physicists;
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Counting the stars [videorecording] : the story of Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician / by Jones, Andy T.,film director.; Turpin, Bahni,narrator.(CARDINAL)353504;
Bahni Turpin.Get to know Katherine Johnson, one of NASA's 'human computers' and the inspiration for the movie Hidden Figures, with this enthralling, beautiful biography.DVD, wide screen.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Children's films.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; African American women; Women mathematicians;
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Hidden figures [videorecording] / by Henson, Taraji P.actor.(CARDINAL)549808; Melfi, Theodore,director,screenwriter,producer.(CARDINAL)343348; Monáe, Janelle,actor.(CARDINAL)357107; Shetterly, Margot LeeMotion picture adaptation of (work):Hidden figures.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.(CARDINAL)340669; Zimmer, Hans,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)368472;
Cinematographer, Mandy Walker ; production designer, Wynn Thomas ; editor, Peter Teschner ; music, Hans Zimmer.Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst.Follows three African American women working as human computers for NASA during the space race of the 1950s and 1960s.MPAA rating: PG.This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Shetterly, Margot Lee; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; African American women; Space race; Women mathematicians;
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Benjamin Banneker : American scientific pioneer. by Weatherly, Myra.(CARDINAL)393588;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A declaration of indignant concern -- An intriguing heritage -- Growing up years -- The nature of time -- The Ellicotts arrive -- A new world -- Fame comes to Banneker -- Almanac maker -- Banneker remembered.1080LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.; African American mathematicians; African American scientists; Astronomers; Mathematicians; Scientists;
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My remarkable journey [sound recording] : a memoir / by Johnson, Katherine G.,author.(CARDINAL)721745; Hylick, Joylette,author.(CARDINAL)850570; Moore, Katherine(Writer at National Geographic Kids),author.(CARDINAL)850569;
Read by Robin Miles.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.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; African American teachers; Women mathematicians;
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NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson / by Schwartz, Heather E.,author.(CARDINAL)480701;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Presents a biography of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician.7-10.2-5.850850LUAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARReading Counts!
Subjects: Biographies.; Johnson, Katherine G.; African American teachers; African American women mathematicians; Mathematicians;
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My remarkable journey : a memoir / by Johnson, Katherine G.,author.(CARDINAL)721745; Hylick, Joylette,author.(CARDINAL)850570; Moore, Katherine(Writer at National Geographic Kids),author.(CARDINAL)850569; Page, Lisa Frazier,author.(CARDINAL)541030;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235).Foreword / by Dr. Yvonne Darlene Cagle -- Introduction : An unimaginable century -- Nobody else is better than you -- Education matters -- A time for everything -- The blessing of help -- Be ready -- Ask brave questions -- Tomorrow comes -- Love what you do -- Shoot for the moon -- Finish strong -- Land on a firm foundation.The woman at the heart of the New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film "Hidden Figures" shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer and her integral role in the early years of the U.S. space program. In 2015, at the age of ninety-seven, Johnson became a global celebrity for her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA's first flight into space. In her memoir Johnson provides a record of racial history that reveals the influential role Black educators played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers like herself, and brings into focus the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire future generations.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Johnson, Katherine G.; Johnson, Katherine G.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; African American women physicians; African American women scientists;
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Dorothy Vaughan / by Loh-Hagan, Virginia,author.(CARDINAL)617541;
Examines the life of NASA computer programmer and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan.K to grade 3.380LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; African American women mathematicians; Women mathematicians; African American women;
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