Margaret and the Moon

by Dean Robbins and Dean Robbins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399551859
• ISBN13: 9780399551857
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3