The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

by Mary Robinette Kowal

I laughed, because sometimes you have to, even when things aren’t funny.

Someone had brought gin, and of course that meant we had to experiment with other cocktail variations. For science. Chemistry is a very important part of rocketry.

“Still. You make math seem interesting.” “Well, it is.” I shrugged. “Oh, I know it isn’t for most folks, but I think they’ve just been put off by people who taught them to be afraid of numbers.”