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Margaret and the Moon : how Margaret Hamilton saved the first lunar landing  Cover Image Book Book

Margaret and the Moon : how Margaret Hamilton saved the first lunar landing

Robbins, Dean 1957- (author.). Knisley, Lucy, (illustrator.).

Summary: Introduces the woman mathematician whose childhood love of numbers led to her prestigious education and contributions at NASA while explaining how her handwritten codes proved essential throughout numerous space missions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399551871 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 0399551867 (hardcover library binding)
  • ISBN: 9780399551864 (hardcover library binding)
  • ISBN: 0399551859 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780399551857 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (cheifly color) ; 29 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Moon
Scientists United States Biography
Women scientists United States Biography
Computer programmers United States Biography
Computer software developers United States Biography
Project Apollo (U.S.).
Hamilton, Margaret Heafield 1936-

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  • 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch J B H219r (Text) 33126022287480 JBiography Checked out 05/07/2024
Erlanger Branch J B H219r (Text) 33126022287449 JBiography Available -

Dean Robbins is a journalist and children’s book author. His previous books include Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko, and Miss Paul and the President, illustrated by Nancy Zhang. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his family. You can visit him at deanrobbins.net.
 

Lucy Knisley is a critically acclaimed award-winning comic creator whose previous books include the New York Times bestselling Relish: My Life in the Kitchen. She has also made comics for Marvel, Valiant Comics, and BOOM! Studios. This is her first picture book. Lucy lives in Chicago with her husband and their fluffy orange cat. See more of her work at lucyknisley.com.

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