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Nothing Stopped Sophie
- Author
- Cheryl Bardoe
- Narrator
- Caroline Turner Cole
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Publish Date
- 26 January 2021
- Run Time
- 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mathematics and numbers, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
What to expect
When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under a male pen name came from a woman...nothing stopped Sophie. And when she tackled a math problem that male scholars said would be impossible to solve...still, nothing stopped Sophie.
For six years Sophie Germain used her love of math and her undeniable determination to test equations that would predict patterns of vibrations. She eventually became the first woman to win a grand prize from France's prestigious Academy of Sciences for her formula, which laid the groundwork for much of modern architecture (and can be seen in the book's illustrations).
Award-winning author Cheryl Bardoe's inspiring and poetic text is brought to life by acclaimed artist Barbara McClintock's intricate pen-and-ink, watercolor, and collage illustrations in this true story about a woman who let nothing stop her.
Critics Review
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A Bank Street College Best Children's Book of 2018
An Amelia Bloomer List Selection 2019
A National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12
A National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Best STEM Book
A National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
CCBC Choices 2019
A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection 2019
2019 Mathical Award Winner, Grades K-2
A Booklinks Lasting Connections Pick
An Evanston Public Library Best Book for Kids -
"Masterly... a superb picture book biography."
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"Refreshingly, Sophie Germain's story not only reminds us of the importance of perseverance, it recalls a time when discoveries were often made by hard-working amateurs--for the fun of it."—The New York Times
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* "The artwork...is truly a sight to behold.... A highly recommended choice."
—School Library Journal, starred review
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* "A compelling biography...a lesson in perseverance.... A highly recommended addition to the growing number of books about women who have made significant contributions to knowledge."
—School Library Connection, starred review -
"Bardoe writes with precision and expert pacing.... [And] what McClintock accomplishes here is also a thing of wonder.... It's a remarkable story in an elegantly packaged piece of nonfiction.... Truly inspiring."—Julie Danielson, 7 Impossible Things
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"Bardoe and McClintock have...gone into new territory, tried new artistic techniques, and brought to life ideas that until now have never been displayed in this way in a biography for kids.... I love this book."
—Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production -
"This portrait of a quiet heroine is elegant, striking, and sure to inspire."
—Kirkus Reviews -
"Graceful and lyrical...an inspiring portrait of the plucky, self-taught mathematician."
—The Horn Book -
"Bardoe's text is concise and clear, right down to kid-tailored explanations of Sophie's mathematical pursuits. McClintock's line and watercolor scenes are an engaging meld of literal scene-setting and whimsical mathematical symbolism."—BCCB
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"Engaging.... Inspiring."
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"McClintock's scenes of 18th-century France are infused with a golden glow; numbers loom along city streets and burst from Germain's quill pen. Bardoe concludes this warm biography by emphasizing how later mathematicians built upon Germain's work."
—Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- Cheryl Bardoe
- Narrator
- Caroline Turner Cole
- Duration
- 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781549130090
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mathematics and numbers, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Synopsis
The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream. When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under a male pen name came from a woman...nothing stopped Sophie. And when she tackled a math problem that male scholars said would be impossible to solve...still, nothing stopped Sophie. For six years Sophie Germain used her love of math and her undeniable determination to test equations that would predict patterns of vibrations. She eventually became the first woman to win a grand prize from France's prestigious Academy of Sciences for her formula, which laid the groundwork for much of modern architecture (and can be seen in the book's illustrations). Award-winning author Cheryl Bardoe's inspiring and poetic text is brought to life by acclaimed artist Barbara McClintock's intricate pen-and-ink, watercolor, and collage illustrations in this true story about a woman who let nothing stop her.
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