My remarkable journey : a memoir / Katherine Johnson ; with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore and...
My remarkable journey : a memoir / Katherine Johnson ; with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore and...
My remarkable journey : a memoir / Katherine Johnson ; with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore and with Lisa Frazier Page.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/2282
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / 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...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
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 unrele...
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My remarkable journey : a memoir / Katherine Johnson ; with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore and with Lisa Frazier Page.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235).
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©2021
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G 2021/2282
Record Identifier
74VKaXKm6Mbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXKm6Mbl
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ISBN
0062897667
9780062897664
DDC
510.92
MMS ID
991024434622102626
