View Katherine Johnson Background. Biography of nasa research mathematician katherine johnson by margot lee shetterly. Pioneering nasa mathematician katherine johnson has died at the age of 101.

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She began working in aeronautics as a computer in 1952. Katherine johnson graduated from college at age 18. As for katherine johnson herself, shetterly writes that when katherine started working there, she didn't even realize that the bathrooms at langley were segregated.

She began working in aeronautics as a computer in 1952.

Katherine johnson, american mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the u.s. Katherine johnson made the most of limited educational opportunities for african americans, graduating from college at age 18. Pioneering nasa mathematician katherine johnson has died at the age of 101. Tonight, count the stars and remember a trailblazer.