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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

by Suzanne Slade

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Katherine Johnson loved numbers and grew up to calculate the math that helped send astronauts to the moon. An inspiring STEM biography.

Grade: PreK to 3rd grade

Find more: Women's History Month

ISBN: 9780316435178

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