Text: Green, Steve. “Katherine Johnson, Nasa Legend. ” The San Diego Union-tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/steve-breen/story/2020-02-24/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-dies-at-101. Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-tribune https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/steve-breen/story/2020-02-24/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-dies-at-101
May 2021 TOK essay Prescribed title #1 is based on looking into whether or not knowledge claims always involve trust. This editorial cartoon, the issue of gender in the sciences and mathematics, as well as space programs all can involve issues of trust:
- Whether editorial cartoons can be trusted to pass on reliable information
- Trust in the media
- How racism and gender bias might have affected how some people viewed / trusted Johnson’s work
- Public trust in space programs as important given the costs involved
- How the knowledge frameworks of different AOKs can be linked to trust
