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TÂ³: Who is Katherine Johnson? Katherine Johnson is one such brilliant mathematician. In fact, she was perhaps one of the most influential mathematicians to ever work at NASA. Katherine Johnson at her desk with a “Celestial Training Device.” Image credits: NASA.
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Hyped Figures: John Glenn And The PC Myth Of Katherine JohnsonâUnsung Black Women Were NOT What Got Us To The Moon In the book on which the movie is based, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly, Glenn is quoted as having said this of Katherine Johnson, the black female brain allegedly behind NASA’s greatest glories.
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Katie Lee (chef) Katherine Katie Lee (born September 14, 1981) is an American cookbook author, television food critic, chef, and novelist.
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Katheryn Cryer Katheryn Cryer (nee Hardgraves) is a character played by actress/singer Renee Lawless on the OWN television series, The Haves and the Have Nots. Katheryn Cryer is the wife of Jim Cryer, a dishonest (and at times, outright evil) Federal Criminal Courts judge in Savannah, Georgia.
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Ugliest Female Celebrities Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally by her stage name, Whoopi Goldberg (/ˈhwʊpi/), is an American actress, comedian, and television host.
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Katherine Johnson At NASA Johnson was a member of the Space Task Group. In 1960 she coauthored a paper with one of the group’s engineers about calculations for placing a spacecraft into orbit. It was the first time a woman in her division received credit as an author of a research report. Johnson authored or coauthored 26 research reports during her career. Katherine Johnson, mid-1960s.
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What causes a muscle spasm? 191 Followers. A. There are a variety of causes of muscle spasms, and each cause depends on certain predisposing factors and anatomic areas of involvement. Spasms may occur when a muscle is overused and tired, particularly if it is overstretched or if it has been held in the same position for a prolonged period of time.veruse as a cause of skeletal muscle spasm is often seen in athletes who are doing strenuous exercise in a hot environment. This is also an occupational issue with construction workers. Usually, the spasms will occur in the large muscles that are being asked to do the work.
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Biography Overview (3) Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress and fashion model. She was born in Austin, Texas, and is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren.
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Meet the âHidden Figuresâ mathematician who helped send Americans into space Johnson (portrayed by Taraji P. Henson) played key roles in the flights of astronauts Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Johnson, now 98, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. She answered questions from The Times on her life, the film and her love of numbers. Advertisement
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Sarah T. Hughes Sarah Tilghman Hughes (August 2, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was an American lawyer and federal judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after the Kennedy assassination.
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- Susan B. Johnson is a journalist, playwright, novelist, and historian who, in 2007, was nominated for Georgia Author of the year. For three years she wrote “Washed Up,” a weekly column for the Pulitzer Prize winning Georgia Gazette, and for four years she wrote “The Grammar Game,” a weekly column that she created for the Savannah Morning News.
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Kate Jones (scientist) Kate Jones (scientist) Katherine Elizabeth Jones (born 1972) is a British biodiversity scientist, with a special interest in bats. She holds the Chair in Ecology and Biodiversity jointly at University College London and the Zoological Society of London, and she is chair of the Bat Conservation Trust. Contents. 1 Education.
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Presidential Medal of Freedom honors a NASA 'computer' Presidential Medal of Freedom honors a NASA 'computer' By Beryl Lieff Benderly Dec. 1, 2015 , 1:15 PM In 1953, when Katherine G. Johnson went to work at the agency that would later become NASA, a “computer” was someone who solved math problems and “wore a skirt,” she recalled in a 2008 profile published by NASA.
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Anne-Marie Johnson Anne-Marie Johnson. Anne-Marie Johnson (born July 18, 1960) is an American actress and impressionist who has starred in film and on television.
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Katie Couric Katherine Anne Katie Couric (/ˈkɜrɪk/KURR-ik; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and author. She currently serves as Yahoo! Global News Anchor. Couric has been a television host on all Big Three television networks in the United States.
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- Biography of NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson by Margot Lee Shetterly.
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Katherine Johnson Johnson received numerous awards and honours for her work, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015). In 2016 NASA named a building, the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility, after her. That year Margot Lee Shetterly published Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, about the West Computers, including Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.
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- View Katherine Johnson’s professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Katherine Johnson discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners. LinkedIn
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Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon. Catherine of Aragon (Spanish: Catalina de Aragón), also spelled Katherine, (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was the Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur.
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- Katherine Johnson. New Movie Highlights Pivotal Role Of NASA Women To Achieve Moon Landing. Neil Armstrong may have been the first man on the Moon but behind his historic steps were a group of women with the job title of ‘Computer’.
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Barbara Jordan Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator[1] and politician who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
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- Richard W. Boone, who helped launch President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “war on poverty,” died Feb. 26. Richard W. Boone, who helped launch President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and later led private-sector initiatives to improve the lives of the poor, died Feb. 26 at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 86.
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Kate Mulgrew Kate Mulgrew. Katherine Kiernan Maria Kate Mulgrew (born April 29, 1955) is an American actress with a career spanning four decades.
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- Katherine G. Johnson was born on this date in 1918. She is an African American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician. She was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and was trained as a mathematician and physicist in West Virginia. Johnson has worked for NASA with the tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. She is also an Aerospace Technologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.
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Pink (singer) Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (frequently stylized as P!nk), is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She was signed to her first record label with original R&B girl group Choice in 1995. The label, LaFace Records saw potential in only Pink, offering her a solo deal.
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Dakota Johnson Powered by imdb. Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress and fashion model. She was born in Austin, Texas, and is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren.