Masterminds: Katherine Johnson
Published on 14. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-5263-1271-6 (ISBN)
Description
Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and inspirations.
Katherine Johnson tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering her early maths skills which saw her attending high school at only 10 years old through to her work at NASA calculating and analysing the flight paths of many spacecraft. She helped send astronauts to the Moon.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
Katherine Johnson tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering her early maths skills which saw her attending high school at only 10 years old through to her work at NASA calculating and analysing the flight paths of many spacecraft. She helped send astronauts to the Moon.
Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries.
Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds.
Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today.
Perfect for readers aged 7 and up.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
Dimensions
Height: 192 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
110 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-1271-6 (9781526312716)
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Person
Izzi Howell is an award-winning author and editor of over fifty children's books. She lives in East Sussex and enjoys learning languages, cooking and travelling around Europe.
Her book Cats React to Science Facts was the winner of the Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year-olds award at The Lollies and winner of The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2020.
Her book Cats React to Science Facts was the winner of the Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year-olds award at The Lollies and winner of The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2020.
Content
1: Who is Katherine Johnson?
1: Bright beginnings
1: Getting ahead
1: Teaching and family
1: A new job
1: Fighting prejudice
1: Into space
1: In orbit
1: To the Moon
1: Later life
1: Hidden Figures
1: Celebrating Katherine Johnson
1: A new generation
1: Glossary and further information
1: Index
1: Bright beginnings
1: Getting ahead
1: Teaching and family
1: A new job
1: Fighting prejudice
1: Into space
1: In orbit
1: To the Moon
1: Later life
1: Hidden Figures
1: Celebrating Katherine Johnson
1: A new generation
1: Glossary and further information
1: Index