A true story from one of the Women of NASA!
Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world.
Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecraft's computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8. Apollo 9. Apollo 10. Apollo 11. Without her code, none of those missions could have been completed.
Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley deliver a lovely portrayal of a pioneer in her field who never stopped reaching for the stars.
| ISBN: | 9780399551857 |
| Publication date: | 16th May 2017 |
| Author: | Dean Robbins |
| Illustrator: | Lucy Knisley |
| Publisher: | Knopf Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 40 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mathematics and numbers Educational: Mathematics and numeracy Science |
A true story from one of the Women of NASA!Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back).
Margaret and the Moon features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mathematics and numbers, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, Science
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Margaret and the Moon was written by Dean Robbins and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Margaret and the Moon has 40 pages