It is quite an achievement that a book whose content spans such seemingly grown-up concepts as protons, neutrons, electrons, nuclei, mass, charge, isotopes, nuclear fission and more is consistently found by young readers to be thoroughly entertaining and engrossing. Understanding and retention tend to come easily when the engagement factor runs this high, and youngsters do in fact take in the ideas, terminology and explan...Read more

This highly informative book exerts a powerful pull on young readers with its warm and entertaining writing style and the considerable charm brought to bear by the accompanying illustrations. Not only does Women in Biology recount historic achievements made by five renowned female scientists, it also identifies and explains concepts fundamental to their field of study. The marvelously engaging format opens with the illust...Read more

Like the other installments in this wonderful series, Women in Chemistry entertains and informs young readers with its uniquely engaging format and fascinating-fact-filled content. At the core of this powerfully illuminating approach is a young female character that functions as a stand-in for the reader, posing salient questions and reveling in the answers that spur her next questions. Interwoven with this buoyant back a...Read more

Women in Physics delves into the histories and accomplishments of five female physicists in such an enticing and accessible manner that kids respond to it as though it were an adventure story. Entwined with these unusually engaging bios is a good deal of scientific information that includes a definition of physics and the exploration of several ideas fundamental to that field of study. Force, gravity, the building blocks ...Read more