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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
The inspiring story of mathematician Katherine Johnson - made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures - who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others - as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses - as wrong as 10-5=3....
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Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In 1882, Black botanist and mycologist Charles S. Parker sprouted up in the lush, green Pacific Northwest. From the beginning, Charles's passion was plants, and he trudged through forests, climbed mountains, and waded into lakes to find them. When he was drafted to fight in World War I, Charles experienced prejudice against Black soldiers and witnessed the massive ecological devastation that war caused. Those experiences made him even more determined...
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English
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"Benjamin Banneker is known and admired for his work in science, mathematics, and astronomy. He was born free at a time in America, 1731, when most African Americans were slaves. At the age of 22 he built a strike clock based on his own drawings and using a pocket-knife" --
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Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles to survive his childhood in some of the toughest cities in the country, and his teenage years in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, James adopts the hybrid persona of a "gangsta nerd"-dealing weed in juke joints...
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English
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"This is the true story of a friendship that shot for the Moon. Mary solves tricky math problems to help launch astronauts into space. But as a Black woman, she faces many obstacles that her colleagues don't. When she meets Kaz, a fellow NASA scientist, he helps Mary find strength in her talent. Together, Mary, Kaz, and everyone at NASA are about to do the impossible . . ."--Page 4 of cover.
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