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

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Kris
Jul 17, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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I learned a ton from this book. So many female scientists that I knew absolutely nothing about. I really liked the set-up, with the artistic renderings of the scientist, a quote from or about them at the bottom of their portrait, and little interesting facts sprinkled around the text. So much great information in this.
Michaela
Feb 17, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Sometimes hard to understand all the scientific terms, even for an adult, but otherwise very well written and illustrated.
Radwa
Mar 11, 2020 rated it really liked it
I loved this book, and as far as I know there's this one and women in art and sports, I would love for one of women in literature. The art is wonderful and suits each women and her achievements, it's really approachable for children who want to know more about women in different fields.

The main thing I didn't appreciate is the lack of Arab women, and there's some Arab women and women of Arabic descent who contributed to science, It made me feel sad that 60% were from USA and 30% from Europe, an
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Ariel
May 09, 2018 rated it liked it
Out of the woman in here I only knew 3 by name. I really liked the artwork of this book and I think it will really appeal to people to pick up. I did feel it was hard to understand what people really accomplished with only a page of information but it is more of a starting point. I look forward to learning more about these amazing women
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