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Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe
libraryrobin's review
3.0
Interesting biography of a woman who loved math, made it her life's work, and pretty much forced the patriarchy to accept her work.
jshettel's review
4.0
Loved this book about an early female mathematician,Sophie Germain. You go, girl.
azajacks's review
4.0
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knight101's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
sunflowerjess's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
I am living for this book about Sophie Germain, badass female mathematician! I had no idea she was the first woman to receive a grand prize from the Academy of Sciences, and was the first to make progress on Fermat's Last Theorem beyond the numbers 1 and 2.
ericafh's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
calistareads's review
4.0
This story comes to us from the French Revolution. Sophie was a teen during this turbulent time and she was to stay indoors studying. Her parents did everything they could to stop her from studying math, but they had to give in because nothing would stop her. Men during her day would not talk with a woman about anything intellectual. Math was a man’s field.
I feel for her. She died a mathematician, but she never married, and she had no kids. It must have been somewhat lonely. No man would talk with her about math. She corresponded with
people using a man’s name and that worked for a while until people learned who she was. She was an outcast because she loved math. Isn’t that odd. Society can be so weird. She was obviously very talented as well. She solved a great problem about sound waves that no one else even submitted a paper for. It took her over 4 years to solve. It was for a prize at the University and she was the 1st and only woman to win one. Maybe she made way for Madam Curie to come after her.
It’s odd that one can be a bad ass or a rebel for doing math. She went against convention for math. Seriously, society is weird.
The artwork was amazing in this story. My favorite picture is Sophie sitting in her library with walls of books around her. Jealous. The art conveyed some of the concepts in interesting ways. Look at the cover. It’s wonderful.
Nephew didn’t read this, but during the pandemic, the parents are having the kids to homework assignments. The Niece read this story and then had to write a little paper on it. She thought the artwork was pretty good. She didn’t understand why they wouldn’t let Sophie do math. It didn’t compute for her. She said it was pretty good for a history. She gave this 3 stars.
I feel for her. She died a mathematician, but she never married, and she had no kids. It must have been somewhat lonely. No man would talk with her about math. She corresponded with
people using a man’s name and that worked for a while until people learned who she was. She was an outcast because she loved math. Isn’t that odd. Society can be so weird. She was obviously very talented as well. She solved a great problem about sound waves that no one else even submitted a paper for. It took her over 4 years to solve. It was for a prize at the University and she was the 1st and only woman to win one. Maybe she made way for Madam Curie to come after her.
It’s odd that one can be a bad ass or a rebel for doing math. She went against convention for math. Seriously, society is weird.
The artwork was amazing in this story. My favorite picture is Sophie sitting in her library with walls of books around her. Jealous. The art conveyed some of the concepts in interesting ways. Look at the cover. It’s wonderful.
Nephew didn’t read this, but during the pandemic, the parents are having the kids to homework assignments. The Niece read this story and then had to write a little paper on it. She thought the artwork was pretty good. She didn’t understand why they wouldn’t let Sophie do math. It didn’t compute for her. She said it was pretty good for a history. She gave this 3 stars.