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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

miss_majuu's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5
Beautiful illustrations, accessible information and a very diverse variety of study fields and scholars.
I did expect this to be more detailed/for an older age group. I've also discovered that I get drained or bored very very easily with non fiction, so it just wasn't a highly entertaining reading experience-

aefranklin's review

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hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

jaqylantern's review against another edition

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informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Great snippets of some amazing women. Enough info to know them but not so much it's a slog. This is a great amount to interest a person enough to pursue more info about the se women. 

tophat8855's review against another edition

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4.0

I listened to it as an audiobook, but I suspect it would be better as a physical book with images. Each piece is short- probably good "bathroom reading" where you read a bit at a time. But I listened while doing yardwork. I definitely learned about some women I hadn't heard of before. Would probably appeal to a pre-teen or teen interested in STEM.

summer_winter's review against another edition

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4.0

I think this is a really great book as an introduction to learning about influential women within science for adults and children. I thought the illustrations were beautiful and went along well with the information.

nilsnoether73's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.5

No he connectat amb aquest llibre. Les descripcions d'una sola pàgina de les vides d'aquestes científiques increïbles eren massa breus per aportar una substància contundent. Sí que m'ha servit per tenir una idea vaga d'alguna científica que ja coneixia, però la gran majoria m'han entrat per una orella (o ull) i sortit per l'altra(e). Hagués preferit un estil més aviat com a Geronimo Stilton, amb l'art al voltant i entremig de la lletra, en lloc d'una pàgina amb un dibuix i l'altra amb el text al mig i dibuixets pel voltant. A més a més, hi hagués hagut molt més espai per esplaiar-se. Entenc que està dirigit a nens (i nenes, és clar), però hagués preferit llegir un llibre que aprofundís més en les vides i els descobriments i invents d'aquestes dones sorprenents. A més a més l'he trobat massa focalitzat en els EUA, Regne Unit i Alemanya. N'hi ha d'altres països, és clar, però són l'excepció. Tanmateix m'ha agradat aprendre una mica més sobre les meves heroïnes STEM com l'Emmy Noether, la Maryam Mirzakhani, l'Ada Lovelace, la Jocelyn Bell i la Rosalind Franklin.

theweatherwriter's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

verbosevespertine's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

3.5

ofloveandlayovers's review against another edition

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informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0