Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
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A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not a…
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