Donne di Scienza

I bought this book for my niece’s sixth birthday and we read it together along with her mom. I loved the illustrations and learned a lot about women I’ve never even heard of, such as physicist Lise Meitner, who was driven out of Germany during WWII because she was Jewish—and was thus denied her half Leggi tutto

This book irritated the heck out of me. I am a scientist and a children's book writer (and a woman). I was super excited to read it. But there were so many factual misrepresentations and errors in the introduction alone that I didn't know if I could trust anything in the book. It wasn't until I got

WOMEN IN SCIENCE by Rachel Ignotofsky - I bought this hardback for my niece, and I always read her and my nephews books first... no, shut up... it is not stealing from little kids... I want to make sure it's a good book, okay... I swear, geez! This is a good one, a really good one. Brilliant illustra Leggi tutto

Such an interesting and inspiring read!! Also LOVED the illustrations!