Combien de pas jusqu’à la lune
(How many steps to the moon) Book not yet available in English
Summary:
A fictional biography of the American mathematician Katherine Johnson (1918-2020), from her childhood on her parents’ humble farm in West Virginia to her work on the NASA space and aeronautics programmes. Her calculations were a vital contribution to the Apollo 11 launch. At a time when African Americans and women were still struggling for civil rights, Katherine Johnson’s engineering genius gradually won her a place working on America’s most prestigious scientific endeavour.
Edited by: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Comment:
Katherine Johnson is one of the “hidden figures” who came to light in books and films in the early years of the new millennium. The fictional biography presents teen readers with the exceptional career of a determined, courageous woman, demonstrating that women can be great scientists even if their work often fails to earn them public recognition.