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The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film<\/b>Hidden Figures.<\/b>
\nYou’ve likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home?
\nAs a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about math, about the universe.
\nFrom Katherine’s early beginnings as a gifted student to her heroic accomplishments as a prominent mathematician at NASA,\u00a0Counting on Katherine<\/i>\u00a0is the story of a groundbreaking American woman who not only calculated the course of moon landings but, in turn, saved lives and made enormous contributions to history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[256,667,78],"product_tag":[],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\nCounting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 - Classical Education Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/classic.powertactics.com\/product\/counting-on-katherine-how-katherine-johnson-saved-apollo-13\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 - Classical Education Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the filmHidden Figures. 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