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kajsaschubeler's review against another edition
4.0
Most of these women I had never heard of before. Those of them I have has more likely crossed my path because of my, at times, very specific interests.
Looking over these women, they overcame prejudices against their gender, sometimes their class, and sometimes the colour of their skin.
Read it to be inspired by these amazing women, and to look up more female scientists on your own.
Looking over these women, they overcame prejudices against their gender, sometimes their class, and sometimes the colour of their skin.
Read it to be inspired by these amazing women, and to look up more female scientists on your own.
simsbrarian's review
3.0
This is a good book to pique your interest in some amazing scientific-minded women in history. The women featured get about 3-6 pages each in the broader groupings of "Technology and Invention", "The Earth and Stars", "Health and Medicine", and "Biology". Each entry has a short introduction and the entries themselves jump around in ways that make them decently enjoyable reads but they often lack much detail due to their brevity and rambling flow.
Anything you didnāt like about it? The information is not much more than you'd find in a verbose blog post and would not be good if you wanted to write a paper on any of these folks though the resources at the end in both the Notes and Bibliography sections would be very useful. The book is also exclusively American (with one Canadian) and European (Russia, Germany, Britain, Italy, France)-centric so while there's a small representation of diversity with some Jewish women and a couple African American scientists, the overall list is very Caucasian and leaves out any mention of notables in other countries.
To whom would you recommend this book? This is good if you're interested in a starting point for a research topic on a woman in science or looking for fun trivia.
FTC Disclosure: The Publisher provided me with a copy of this book to provide an honest review. No goody bags, sponsorship, āmaterial connections,ā or bribes were exchanged for my review.
Anything you didnāt like about it? The information is not much more than you'd find in a verbose blog post and would not be good if you wanted to write a paper on any of these folks though the resources at the end in both the Notes and Bibliography sections would be very useful. The book is also exclusively American (with one Canadian) and European (Russia, Germany, Britain, Italy, France)-centric so while there's a small representation of diversity with some Jewish women and a couple African American scientists, the overall list is very Caucasian and leaves out any mention of notables in other countries.
To whom would you recommend this book? This is good if you're interested in a starting point for a research topic on a woman in science or looking for fun trivia.
FTC Disclosure: The Publisher provided me with a copy of this book to provide an honest review. No goody bags, sponsorship, āmaterial connections,ā or bribes were exchanged for my review.
prationality's review
3.0
So I enjoyed this book. Being not terribly into science I only knew a handful of the women described here. At times Swaby relies a little too much on the reader having prior knowledge so the women's accomplishments seem glossed over. In addition what few facts I did know seemed to not have been deemed important enough to include.
I was also surprised by the fact, at the very least, Marie Curie wasn't included. I'm not sure what criteria Swaby used to choose the women however so I'm sure there was a reason. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, this was heavily Caucasian centric. Again, I'm not into science so maybe the field is heavily skewed towards white women, but it seemed...odd.
Regardless this would make for a good recommendation to a young girl interested in science. There's a good accounting for all the kinds of sciences to act as a jumping off point for further discussion or research.
I was also surprised by the fact, at the very least, Marie Curie wasn't included. I'm not sure what criteria Swaby used to choose the women however so I'm sure there was a reason. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, this was heavily Caucasian centric. Again, I'm not into science so maybe the field is heavily skewed towards white women, but it seemed...odd.
Regardless this would make for a good recommendation to a young girl interested in science. There's a good accounting for all the kinds of sciences to act as a jumping off point for further discussion or research.
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