"Follow Dorothy's path from math teacher to human computer to computer programmer. But it's not easy, because she was an African American woman working during a time of segregation. Find out how she kept working for fairness." --back cover

"The story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician whose work was critical to the first US space flight"--Provided by publisher.

"Katherine never missed a day of work. She loved the math. But even more, she loed asking questions. Most computers just calculated math problems. But Katherine wanted to know how the math was being used. She wanted to know why. The only autobiographical picutre book of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson's remarkable life tells the story of the Hidden Figures hero as you've never read it before." --book jacket

"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11."--Provided by publisher.

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes.

Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.