Dorothy Vaughan
Credit: Unknown author
Occupation: Mathematician and Human Computer
Year born: 1910
Research Areas: Computer Programming
Angles
Credit: Unknown author
Katherine Johnson
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Mathematician
Year born: 1918
Research Areas: Rocket Flightpaths, Trajectories, Orbital Mechanics
"I loved going to work every single day"
Lunar Mountains
Aimed at pupils aged 11-16, this workshop challenges students to measure the shadows cast on the Moon’s surface, then utilise algebraic techniques to determine the height of those mountains.
You can download the individual files needed for this activity below, or this zip file (4mb) contains them all.
Angles in Astronomy
Credit: NSO
Astronomers use angles a lot to work out where things are in the sky. We can measure the size of an object in the sky and mark its position by using angles. If we know how much of the sky an object covers (as an angle) and how far away it is - we can work out its actual size.
