A charmingly illustrated gift book profiling 50 famous women scientists from the ancient Greek mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer, Hypatia, to Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist.
Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times bestselling author, illustrator, and designer. Rachel and her work have been featured in many print and online media outlets such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Science Friday, Brain Pickings, and more. She is the author of Women in Science, Women in Sports, Women in Art, I Love Science, and The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth.She is a graduate of Tyler School of Art's graphic design program.
“This charming encyclopedia includes a page of text and a fanciful
drawing of the women scientists you’ve heard of—and plenty who you
haven’t! The book has good coverage of the 1800s and early 1900s—a
critical time when women’s expanding participation in science was
changing the very structure of how knowledge is pursued. . . .
Ignotofsky’s profiles of diverse female scientists is a great
addition to the shelf of any student, of any age.”—Hope Jahren,
FADERmagazine
“With the help of eye-catching artwork, Ignotofsky celebrates not
just astronauts, but also the engineers, biologists,
mathematicians, and physicists who’ve blazed a trail for women in
STEM. . . . The book elevates this information with beautiful
and instructive infographics that delve into topics like the number
of women currently working in STEM fields.”—Entertainment
Weekly
“This book of illustrated biographies of scientific pioneers is
hands-down gorgeous. . . . Kids will love paging through this,
looking at all the detailed drawings, but they’ll likely have to
rip it out of the hands of the adults who are marveling at each new
page of factoids.”—Bitch Media
“The world needs more books like this.”—Scientific American
“A clever introduction to women scientists through
history.”—Science Friday (Best Science Books of the Year)
“If there were constellations celebrating the incredible
accomplishments of women in science, Rachel Ignotofsky’s
illustrations would serve as the blueprints. As Ignotofsky
floats NASA computer programmer and mathematician Annie Easley
amid rockets and stars, surrounds Higgs boson discoverer Sau Lan Wu
with particles, and cradles Barbara McClintock with corn and
chromosomes, she anchors her dreamy depictions into our brains.
Women in Science captures the joy of so many essential discoveries
while also celebrating the extraordinary lives of the women who’ve
achieved them.”—Rachel Swaby, author of Headstrong: 52 Women Who
Changed Science—and the World
“I wish I had a daughter so I could give her a copy of Rachel
Ignotofsky's lovingly illustrated Women in Science. In addition to
Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, and Ada Lovelace, the book profiles
dozens of less familiar female scientists—Black, Asian, Jewish,
Russian, French, in stylish dresses, lab coats, trousers,
spacesuits, shorts—whose accomplishments in astronomy, physics,
mathematics, biology, psychology, and computer science came as news
even to me. Ignotofsky provides young women with the courage and
confidence to follow the exciting paths these pioneers have blazed
before them.”—Eileen Pollack, author of The Only Woman in the Room:
Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
“In Rachel Ignotofsky’s edifying and inspiring book we
meet some of history’s most remarkable women. Each profile
contains extraordinary stories of obstacles and achievements. The
drawings float on the pages’ dark backgrounds, making each figure
appear to hover in the sky like a constellation. That’s what the
reader is doing in this book: stargazing.”—Lauren Redniss, author
of Radioactive and Thunder & Lightning
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