美国宇航局数学家凯瑟琳·科尔曼·戈贝尔·约翰逊，在这部获奖电影中被描绘出来，隐藏的数字年仅101岁就去世了。以下是关于这位著名的美国宇航局科学家的五个事实，她作为航天局的第一位非洲裔美国女性，在科学、技术、工程和数学教育方面开拓了新的领域，同时也推动了种族平等。
这本书
隐藏的数字她一边忍受种族不平等，一边反复检查宇航员约翰·格里恩成功进入太空的计算结果。
作家玛戈·李·谢特利在描述约翰逊贡献的重要性时说空间“这是一个关于女性总体成功的故事，特别是非洲裔美国女性，在一个简单假设她们不存在的工作类别中。在吉姆·克劳被隔离的时代，在女性甚至不被允许以自己的名义拥有信用卡的时代，这些女性——大量女性——在当时世界上最高的科学机构之一做着非常高级的数学工作。”
她喜欢数数
约翰逊在第一次登月中也扮演了重要角色，他对数学有着如此真挚的热爱。从学习一开始，约翰逊就领先于她的同学，进入了高级班。10岁时，约翰逊已经在高中上课了。
约翰逊告诉记者，她喜欢数数美国宇航局，“我什么都数过了。我数着通往马路的台阶，通往教堂的台阶，我洗过的盘子和银器的数量……任何可以数的东西，我都数了。”
2015年11月24日，美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马在DC首都华盛顿的白宫向美国宇航局数学家和物理学家凯瑟琳·约翰逊颁发总统自由勋章
由塔拉吉·P·汉森扮演
约翰逊喜欢看她的表演帝国年的女演员塔拉吉·P·汉森隐藏的数字。约翰逊的女儿茹瓦莱特·戈布尔·海里克和凯瑟琳·戈布尔·摩尔声称她至少看过三次西奥多·梅尔菲电影。
在接受采访时W亨森在杂志中描述了她扮演的现实生活中的对手，“凯瑟琳，[是一个非常不同的女人，从一个非常不同的时代开始，在那个时代，女人基本上没有权利，所以从另一个角度来说，这很累人，因为我在生活中有很多东西。塔拉瓦吉非常，你知道，我脾气暴躁。我精力充沛。我说话的时候很活跃，凯瑟琳不是。60年代的女性非常不同，尤其是黑人女性，她们的衣服和腰带都不一样。你不能在腰带里那样移动。"
没有人会阻止她
约翰逊回忆了成为第一批参加美国宇航局编辑会议的女性的障碍。当时，只有男性被允许写论文和讨论他们的发现。在被禁止参加全男性会议后，她仍然坚持要参加。
回忆那段艰苦的经历华盛顿邮报约翰逊说，她回应道，“有法律规定我不能去吗？”
站在左边的是塔拉吉·P·汉森、加奈儿·梦奈和奥塔维亚·斯班瑟，坐在轮椅上的约翰逊为最佳纪录片颁奖。汉森在《隐藏的人物》中塑造了约翰逊露西·尼克尔森/路透社
总统自由勋章
2015年11月24日，约翰逊因其在早期美国宇航局太空飞行中的开创性工作获得了最高公民荣誉——总统自由勋章。
在仪式上，奥巴马描述了她的成就，“在她在美国宇航局的33年里，凯瑟琳是一个打破种族和性别壁垒的先驱，向一代又一代的年轻人展示了每个人都可以在数学和科学上出类拔萃，并能接触到星星。”
接过奖牌后，约翰逊向大家描述了那一刻华盛顿邮报，“那真是令人激动。”
除了她的女儿，约翰逊还有6个孙子和11个曾孙。
5 FACTS ABOUT KATHERINE JOHNSON, NASA MATHEMATICIAN AND 'HIDDEN FIGURES' PIONEER, WHO DIED AT 101
The NASA mathematician, Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, who was depicted in the award-winning movie, Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101. Here are five facts about the renowned NASA scientist who pushed for racial equality as the first African American woman in the space agency, while breaking new grounds in STEM (for science, technology, engineering and math) education.
The Book
Hidden Figures follows Johnson as she endured racial inequality while double-checking the calculations for astronaut John Glenn's successful orbit into space.
Describing the importance of Johnson's contributions, author Margot Lee Shetterly told Space, "This is the story of broad success of women overall, and African American women specifically, in a job category that it's simply assumed where they don't exist. During a time of Jim Crow segregation, during a time when women frequently weren't even allowed to have credit cards in their own names, here were these women—large numbers of women—doing very high-level mathematical work at one of the highest scientific institutions in the world at that time."
She Loved Counting
Johnson, who also played big part in the first moon landing, had such a genuine love for mathematics. From the beginning of her studies, Johnson moved ahead of her classmates and attending into advanced classes. By the age of 10, Johnson was already taking classes in high school.
About her love for counting, Johnson told NASA, "I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed…anything that could be counted, I did."
President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician and physicist Katherine Johnson at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2015
Played by Taraji P. Henson
Johnson enjoyed watching her portrayal by Empire actress Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures. Johnson's daughters, Joylette Goble Hylick and Katherine Goble Moore, claim she has watched the Theodore Melfi film at least three times.
In an interview with W magazine, Henson described playing her real-life counterpart, "Katherine, [is a] very different woman from a very different time where women had no rights, basically, so it was exhausting in another way, because I am a lot in life. Taraji is very, you know, I'm rambunctious. I have a lot of energy. I'm very animated when I speak, Katherine is not. The women were very different in the '60s, particularly the black women and the clothes were different, the girdles. You couldn't move like that in a girdle."
No One Was Going to Stop Her
Johnson recalled the obstacles of being one of the first women to attend an editorial meeting at NASA. At the time, only men were allowed to write the papers and discuss their findings. After being blocked from entering the all-male meeting, she still insisted on attending.
Recalling the harsh experience to The Washington Post, Johnson said she responded with, "Is there a law that says I can't go?"
From left, standing, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer and, in wheelchair, Johnson present the award for best documentary feature. Henson portrayed Johnson in "Hidden Figures."
The Presidential Medal of Freedom
On November 24, 2015, Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, for her pioneering work the early NASA spaceflights.
During the ceremony, Obama described her accomplishments, "In her 33 years at NASA, Katherine was a pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender, showing generations of young people that everyone can excel in math and science, and reach for the stars."
After receiving the medal, Johnson describe the moment to The Washington Post, "That was a thrill."
In addition to her daughters, Johnson is survived by six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
