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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Quite interesting, conversational tone kept you from being bogged down by dry nonfiction.
Excellent, easy to read, and full of wonderful information I can't wait to use in the class room!!
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
What a great read. I tore through this in under a day, and science isn't even an area of particular interest for me. The book illuminates many female scientists of history that I must shamefully admit I had never heard of (along with a decent scattering I recognised), going into their background, work, and what their contribution meant as part of the bigger picture. More than that, the book is eminently readable; each scientist gets a handful of pages, meaning it's easy to pick up, read a few pages and come to a point and then decide you probably have enough time to read the next entry, and the next...
Fine as an introduction to names I'd not heard of, and for a brief overview of their accomplishments, but the writing was at times rather slight and lazy. While I had never heard of many of these women, the majority I found had won Nobel prizes or achieved recognition during their lifetime, even if it took far, far longer than their male counterparts.
Best used as a quick reference, or to scout out people to read about in more depth.
Best used as a quick reference, or to scout out people to read about in more depth.
March is Women's History Month and in honor of it here is one of my picks to read this month.
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Medicine
Biology and Environment
Genetics and Development
Physics
Earth and Stars
Math and technology
Invention
I jumped around when reading. I did not read all the bios and feel that with what I read I can still give it 5 stars. I will say many of the women I read about I had never heard of before but had heard of the inventions, products, etc.
More well known women Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lemarr are featured along with lesser known women - Hertha Ayrton, Ruth Benerito and Stephanie Kwolek.
I feel the book would be a great addition to any school's curriculum.
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Medicine
Biology and Environment
Genetics and Development
Physics
Earth and Stars
Math and technology
Invention
I jumped around when reading. I did not read all the bios and feel that with what I read I can still give it 5 stars. I will say many of the women I read about I had never heard of before but had heard of the inventions, products, etc.
More well known women Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lemarr are featured along with lesser known women - Hertha Ayrton, Ruth Benerito and Stephanie Kwolek.
I feel the book would be a great addition to any school's curriculum.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book basically gives the SparkNotes one each of these women's major achievements. I wouldn't suggest this as a go to source for any of these women ( it doesn't go into enough depth to really attribute much more to your knowledge of them) but it's a great resource to find interesting women and their accomplishments so you can research mofe in depth on your own
informative
inspiring