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thenextgenlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
A great nonfiction text with gorgeous pictures and graphics about 50 Black women in STEM over the years, many whom I hadn’t heard of. It’s important that we share books like this with our students so they learn about the trailblazers of all races and backgrounds of our history. #blacklivesmatter #weneeddiversebooks
thenextgenlib's review against another edition
5.0
A great nonfiction text with gorgeous pictures and graphics about 50 Black women in STEM over the years, many whom I hadn’t heard of. It’s important that we share books like this with our students so they learn about the trailblazers of all races and backgrounds of our history. #blacklivesmatter #weneeddiversebooks
annieb123's review against another edition
5.0
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
People have different strengths and ways of problem solving. That is one reason that diversity in any workplace is a positive and productive thing. Especially where rigorous critical thinking skills are driving scientific and technological discovery it's more important than ever to have creative and diverse minds tackling society's ever more disastrous problems. STEM is critically important and is one area which has traditionally been male dominated. Changing the Equation is a collection of profiles and short biographies of women of color representing different fields of science in the USA. Due out 3rd March from Abrams, it's 208 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.
This is an interesting and informative collection of women of color who were unbelievable trail-blazers in some cases, impressive in all cases who defied tradition, prejudice, and powerful opposition to become notable in their chosen fields of study. The book includes doctors, inventors, educators, mathematicians, veterinarians, engineers, geochemists, data and computer experts, and even a video game developer.
As women in technological fields (I'm a bioengineer), we've been subjected from birth on to constant subtle universal conditioning that math is *hard*, science is for boys, and we should choose something more ladylike to pursue. I really believe that's changing (oh so slowly), but it's really nice to see a real representation of women, and especially women of color, excelling at these traditionally male-dominated professions.
There's room for everyone. We have a critical need for creative, smart, solution oriented, curious, persevering scientists now more than ever. We need books which can show young people that they CAN pursue an education in STEM careers.
This would make a superlative classroom or library book. It would also make a great gift for any young person. These are well written biographies and well worth a read. Despite being a huge science nerd myself, there were a number of these women who were unfamiliar to me. I enjoyed reading this myself and I can think back when I was 12 or 13 and determined to pursue a career in science that I would have been ecstatic to find this book.
Five stars. Well done and appropriate for *anyone*.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
People have different strengths and ways of problem solving. That is one reason that diversity in any workplace is a positive and productive thing. Especially where rigorous critical thinking skills are driving scientific and technological discovery it's more important than ever to have creative and diverse minds tackling society's ever more disastrous problems. STEM is critically important and is one area which has traditionally been male dominated. Changing the Equation is a collection of profiles and short biographies of women of color representing different fields of science in the USA. Due out 3rd March from Abrams, it's 208 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.
This is an interesting and informative collection of women of color who were unbelievable trail-blazers in some cases, impressive in all cases who defied tradition, prejudice, and powerful opposition to become notable in their chosen fields of study. The book includes doctors, inventors, educators, mathematicians, veterinarians, engineers, geochemists, data and computer experts, and even a video game developer.
As women in technological fields (I'm a bioengineer), we've been subjected from birth on to constant subtle universal conditioning that math is *hard*, science is for boys, and we should choose something more ladylike to pursue. I really believe that's changing (oh so slowly), but it's really nice to see a real representation of women, and especially women of color, excelling at these traditionally male-dominated professions.
There's room for everyone. We have a critical need for creative, smart, solution oriented, curious, persevering scientists now more than ever. We need books which can show young people that they CAN pursue an education in STEM careers.
This would make a superlative classroom or library book. It would also make a great gift for any young person. These are well written biographies and well worth a read. Despite being a huge science nerd myself, there were a number of these women who were unfamiliar to me. I enjoyed reading this myself and I can think back when I was 12 or 13 and determined to pursue a career in science that I would have been ecstatic to find this book.
Five stars. Well done and appropriate for *anyone*.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
bexcapades's review against another edition
4.0
This has a basic bio of some world-changing, STEM career-forging Black women from the US.
My only thing was that I wished each person had a more detailed story rather than just the outline.
My only thing was that I wished each person had a more detailed story rather than just the outline.
purplemegant's review against another edition
4.0
More like a reference book than a book to be read from cover to cover. Read this with my kids - a few profiles a night. By the end I was skimming them and sharing the main points instead of reading word for word.
kobrien1014's review
4.0
Very empowering, and a very easy read. I love the bright fonts and colors that make this book visually appealing. Hoping it finds its way to any kiddo that needs it :)
amdame1's review
4.0
This is a compilation of over 50 biographies of Black women who have overcome incredible challenges in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field. They cover an incredible variety of contributions from surgery, robotics, space, video programming, etc from the past and present. There were many names that I had not heard of which is fantastic - give these women their long overdue recognition!
My biggest regret about this book is that there are typographical errors: in one entry, the person's name is Angie, but it is mis-spelled as Annie at one point; use of a non word "first-er". And my biggest issue was the reference to someone as petite with a specific height and weight. I think it is ok to call someone petite, but leave it at that so as not to engender body dysmorphia issues.
Text features include full color photographs, detailed source notes, selected sources, image credits, index
My biggest regret about this book is that there are typographical errors: in one entry, the person's name is Angie, but it is mis-spelled as Annie at one point; use of a non word "first-er". And my biggest issue was the reference to someone as petite with a specific height and weight. I think it is ok to call someone petite, but leave it at that so as not to engender body dysmorphia issues.
Text features include full color photographs, detailed source notes, selected sources, image credits, index
bethmitcham's review
3.0
A book celebrating the achievements of Black Women, because a common theme for all of them is the difficulties faced being seen as an oddity. Many of the contemporary women have devoted time to organizations that promote STEM success in minority and female youth, because of the extra barriers they face. Hopefully seeing other successful people will help motivate them, and then having peers that reflect their images in programs will also reduce some of the stress. Engineering programs are inherently tough -- nobody needs to face social barriers on top of the intellectual ones!
That said, this isn't the kind of thing I'm really into. I want to see the paper version to see if that is a more enticing feel. Reading page after page of micro-biographies of people I don't know got a bit repetitive. Every individual one was great - I felt a bit inadequate when their ages matched mine! -- but with only a few pages per person there wasn't a lot of room for details. The back of the book is devoted to notes, image credits, and an index. This would be a great library reference.
That said, this isn't the kind of thing I'm really into. I want to see the paper version to see if that is a more enticing feel. Reading page after page of micro-biographies of people I don't know got a bit repetitive. Every individual one was great - I felt a bit inadequate when their ages matched mine! -- but with only a few pages per person there wasn't a lot of room for details. The back of the book is devoted to notes, image credits, and an index. This would be a great library reference.
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