Katherine Johnson

Also known as Katherine Coleman, Katherine Goble, Creola Katherine Johnson, Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson

African-American mathematician

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Katherine Johnson was an African-American mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematics and science. Her work matters because it demonstrates both her scientific achievements and the historical barriers that Black women faced in accessing opportunities in STEM fields.

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Works: 63

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The case of Elizabeth Feild, wife of Theophilus Feild, gent. and Katherine Johnson, widow
Buried Dreams
World Citizen : Grade 6
My Lord's Judgment
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020), also known as Katherine Goble, was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for…

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Outlier: the story of Katherine Johnson — Herself2019
1969 — Herself2019

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1911-05-08
Active to: 1938-08-16

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DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,556x
Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,907x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
Optical Constants of the Noble Metals
· 1972 · cited 18,039x
Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
· 2008 · cited 17,447x

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Official website: katherinejohnson.net
Image: Katherine Johnson 1983.jpg
Number of children: 3

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date of birth: 1918-08-26
Commons category: Katherine Johnson
name in native language: Katherine Johnson
date of death: 2020-02-24
described at URL: www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/katherine-johnson-dead.html
birth name: Creola Katherine Coleman
name: Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson
start of work period: 1953-00-00
end of work period: 1986-00-00

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Creola Katherine Johnson (née Coleman, previously Goble; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform tasks previously requiring humans. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".

Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for Project Mercury spaceflights, including those for astronauts Alan Shepard (the first American in space) and John Glenn (the first American in orbit), and rendezvous paths for the Apollo Lunar Module and command module on flights to the Moon. Her calculations were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, and she worked on plans for a human mission to Mars.