Katherine Johnson, Nasa mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures, dies at 101
by Kenya Evelyn in New York from Science | The Guardian on (#4ZSQ2)
Johnson overcame racial and gender-based discrimination to become an integral part of Nasa's work in space exploration
Katherine Johnson, one of the trailblazing African American mathematicians whose story was told in the hit film Hidden Figures, has died, Nasa announced on Monday. She was 101.
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