Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0978803736 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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The sublime to the awful A graphic novel about little known female scientists should be a welcome treat, but "Dignifying Science" was a potpourri of good storytelling mixed with bad. The stories of Marie Curie, Heddy Lammar, Rosalyn Franklyn and others are penned by different artists. And the results are wildly mixed. Marie Curies story is told by showing her as . "Fills an oft-overlooked niche" according to Armin Nikkhah Shirazi. As a male I was utterly oblivious to the the challenges that women scientists face in their academic careers until attending a conference on women in physics opened my eyes to how both small and large aspects of academic life can make the experience of a woman who aspires to an academic career totally different from that of a man in the s
This original graphic novel features famous women scientists including Marie Curie, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin, Barbara McClintock, Birute Galdikas, and Hedy Lamarr. Readers, drawn in by the compelling anecdotes, will discover intriguing characters, while end notes and references will lead them to further information on the scientists they've read about.. The stories offer a human context often missing when we learn about the discoveries attached to these scientists' names
--Ruth Lewin Sime, author of Lise Meitner: A Life in PhysicsJim Ottaviani's comic books do an excellent job of telling scientific stories in a fun and absorbing way. Rosalind Franklin's story is one of many great and unsung women scientists' stories recounted in the brilliant, Eisner-nominated comic book Dignifying Science --Cory Doctorow, via Boing BoingIt's so good, and remarkable how it got so much material across for each woman, so effectively. --Simon Singh, author of The Code Book and Fermat's Enigma
All of Jim Ottaviani's books have been nominated for multiple awards, including Eisners & ALA Popular Paperback of the Year, and they also receive critical praise in publications ranging from The Comics Journal to Physics World to Entertainment Weekly to Discover Magazine, and get national broadcast attention in outlets such as NPR's Morning Edition and the CBS Mornin