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bibliobrandie's review
4.0
Readers will learn about Albert Einstein’s theory that space-time could ripple and are introduced to physicist Gabriela "Gaby" González. I had never heard of Gonzalez so I loved reading this picture book about her.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
4.0
The math and science within this book is so deep; however, I loved learning about the connection between Einstein and González and modern technology. Another amazing female scientist that hopefully more people will know about now!
missprint_'s review
3.0
Granted I am no scientist but this felt wildly simplified. And a bit abrupt by the end.
Backmatter includes notes on Einstein theory of relativity, Gaby and detection of gravitational waves, more about LIGO, authors note, timeline, glossary, selected sources.
Even though the story does center Gaby it felt like the focus was more on what her team is doing than her as an individual. It was strange. Not the best execution for a picture book biography in my opinion.
Backmatter includes notes on Einstein theory of relativity, Gaby and detection of gravitational waves, more about LIGO, authors note, timeline, glossary, selected sources.
Even though the story does center Gaby it felt like the focus was more on what her team is doing than her as an individual. It was strange. Not the best execution for a picture book biography in my opinion.
panda_incognito's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't really understand the science in this picture book biography, and even though it's very complicated stuff, I think that the book could have at least provided more context and explanation for how the machine that led to González's breakthrough worked. I understood what the scientists needed it to do, and why, but not how any of it was possible or how their design functioned.
My bigger critique is that the illustrations show Gaby González as very young and youthful throughout, even though she was fifty when she was involved in this major scientific breakthrough. Although the text indicates the passage of time and the timeline at the end gives even more information, the illustrations make it seem like everything happened much faster than it did, and they don't represent a middle-aged woman making a major scientific achievement. Although I know that this was not the illustrator's intent, the images uphold a false connection to youthfulness and success, instead of showing how long and hard people work before making breakthroughs later in their careers.
My bigger critique is that the illustrations show Gaby González as very young and youthful throughout, even though she was fifty when she was involved in this major scientific breakthrough. Although the text indicates the passage of time and the timeline at the end gives even more information, the illustrations make it seem like everything happened much faster than it did, and they don't represent a middle-aged woman making a major scientific achievement. Although I know that this was not the illustrator's intent, the images uphold a false connection to youthfulness and success, instead of showing how long and hard people work before making breakthroughs later in their careers.
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