'After the movie came out, that’s when I was like, wow, my grandma really did all this stuff,' the late mathematician's great-granddaughter, Nakia Boykin, said.
The late mathematician, who, is well-known for solving some of the most complex mathematical equations while working at NASA from 1953 to 1986 and breaking barriers during segregation in America.
"For as long as I can remember, I’ve always excelled in it. Honestly, the more complex the problem, the better, the bigger rush I get when I get it right," she said. However, she surpassed her own expectations with a perfect score of 600 — and she couldn't wait to tell Johnson.Boykin's eyes to Johnson's accomplishments
"After the movie came out, that’s when I was like, wow, my grandma really did all this stuff," she said."Honestly, I was in awe on how smart she was."Johnson's calculations were so spot on that Glenn famously asked her if she could backcheck the math of where he would land right before he launched., told TODAY."I believe he knew her reputation. Because she said, 'I always did my best.
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