The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature illustrations reimagined for young readers to introduce the perfect role models to grow up with while inspiring a love of science. The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic locations. The perfect gift for every curious budding scientist!
The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format!
Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature illustrations reimagined for young readers to introduce the perfect role models to grow up with while inspiring a love of science.
The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic locations. The perfect gift for every curious budding scientist!
RACHEL IGNOTOFSKY is a New York Times-bestselling author, illustrator, designer. She graduated from Tyler School of Art's graphic design program and formerly worked as a senior designer and illustrator at Hallmark Greetings. Rachel and her work have been featured in many print and online media outlets such as Babble, the Huffington Post, Scientific American, and Buzzfeed. She is the author of The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth, Women in Science, Women in Sports, and I Love Science.
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6: Introduction 8: Hypatia 10: Maria Sibylla Merian 12: Wang Zhenyi 14: Mary Anning 16: Ada Lovelace 18: Elizabeth Blackwell 20: Hertha Ayrton 22: Karen Horney 24: Nettie Stevens 26: Florence Bascom 28: Marie Curie 30: Mary Agnes Chase 32: Timeline 34: Lise Meitner 36: Lillian Gilbreth 38: Emmy Noether 40: Edith Clarke 42: Marjory Stoneman Douglas 44: Alice Ball 46: Gerty Cori 48: Joan Beauchamp Procter 50: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 52: Barbara McClintock 54: Maria Goeppert-Mayer 56: Grace Hopper 58: Rachel Carson 60: Lab tools 62: Rita Levi-Montalcini 64: Dorothy Hodgkin 66: Chien-Shiung Wu 68: Hedy Lamarr 70: Mamie Phipps Clark 72: Gertrude Elion 74: Katherine Johnson 76: Jane Cooke Wright 78: Rosalind Franklin 80: Rosalyn Yalow 82: Esther Lederberg 84: Statistics in STEM 86: Vera Rubin 88: Annie Easley 90: Jane Goodall 92: Sylvia Earle 94: Valentina Tereshkova 96: Patricia Bath 98: Christiane Nusslein-Volhard 100: Jocelyn Bell Burnell 102: Sau Lan Wu 104: Elizabeth Blackburn 106: Katia Krafft 108: Mae Jemison 110: May-Britt Moser 112: Maryam Mirzakhani 114: More women in science 116: Conclusion 118: Glossary 120: Sources 122: Acknowledgements 124: About the author 126: Index
6: Introduction 8: Hypatia 10: Maria Sibylla Merian 12: Wang Zhenyi 14: Mary Anning 16: Ada Lovelace 18: Elizabeth Blackwell 20: Hertha Ayrton 22: Karen Horney 24: Nettie Stevens 26: Florence Bascom 28: Marie Curie 30: Mary Agnes Chase 32: Timeline 34: Lise Meitner 36: Lillian Gilbreth 38: Emmy Noether 40: Edith Clarke 42: Marjory Stoneman Douglas 44: Alice Ball 46: Gerty Cori 48: Joan Beauchamp Procter 50: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 52: Barbara McClintock 54: Maria Goeppert-Mayer 56: Grace Hopper 58: Rachel Carson 60: Lab tools 62: Rita Levi-Montalcini 64: Dorothy Hodgkin 66: Chien-Shiung Wu 68: Hedy Lamarr 70: Mamie Phipps Clark 72: Gertrude Elion 74: Katherine Johnson 76: Jane Cooke Wright 78: Rosalind Franklin 80: Rosalyn Yalow 82: Esther Lederberg 84: Statistics in STEM 86: Vera Rubin 88: Annie Easley 90: Jane Goodall 92: Sylvia Earle 94: Valentina Tereshkova 96: Patricia Bath 98: Christiane Nusslein-Volhard 100: Jocelyn Bell Burnell 102: Sau Lan Wu 104: Elizabeth Blackburn 106: Katia Krafft 108: Mae Jemison 110: May-Britt Moser 112: Maryam Mirzakhani 114: More women in science 116: Conclusion 118: Glossary 120: Sources 122: Acknowledgements 124: About the author 126: Index
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Praise for the original edition of WOMEN IN SCIENCE
"Here are physicists, astronauts, mathematicians. Vulcanologist and entomologists. Inventors and Nobel laureates. Here is inspiration." Mary Roach, author of Gulp
"A great addition to the shelf of any student, of any age." Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl, for The Fader
"In this wittily illustrated, accessible volume, Rachel Ignotofsky highlights 50 women who changed the course of science." Wall Street Journal
"Beautiful and instructive." Entertainment Weekly (online)
" The must-read, girl-power STEM book." InStyle (online)
"[A] beautifully curated collection with a dash of whimsy thrown in." Upworthy
" The world needs more books like this." Scientific American's Symbiartic (online)
"Ignotofsky captures the heartbreaking inequalities that only amplify the impressiveness of these women s feats." Maria Popova, Brain Pickings (online)
"A clever introduction to women scientists through history." Science Friday
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