http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:59:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 » Blog Archive » Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:53:54 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/#comment-3879 [...] I mentioned this book back in my entry about more gifts for girls with geeky inclinations back in December. (Hey, and I’d also like to add that there’s even more cool science-themed jewelry out there!) Do the Math is a young adult novel about a girl who solves a mystery by applying algebraic reasoning, so I hear. My writing teacher, Janis Cooke Newman, read drafts of Do the Math because it was written by her original writing teacher, Wendy Lichtman. Janis told me last summer that even though she is not particularly into math per se, she got really drawn into the story. [...] [...] I mentioned this book back in my entry about more gifts for girls with geeky inclinations back in December. (Hey, and I’d also like to add that there’s even more cool science-themed jewelry out there!) Do the Math is a young adult novel about a girl who solves a mystery by applying algebraic reasoning, so I hear. My writing teacher, Janis Cooke Newman, read drafts of Do the Math because it was written by her original writing teacher, Wendy Lichtman. Janis told me last summer that even though she is not particularly into math per se, she got really drawn into the story. [...]

]]> http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Dani Atkinson Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:17:17 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/#comment-207 Jim Ottaviani has written a whole bunch of comic-book biographies of famous scientists. One of them, Dignifying Science, is a collection of short stories about female scientists, and all drawn by female illustrators, too, if I recall correctly. It kicks butt. Jim Ottaviani has written a whole bunch of comic-book biographies of famous scientists. One of them, Dignifying Science, is a collection of short stories about female scientists, and all drawn by female illustrators, too, if I recall correctly. It kicks butt.

]]> http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Mel Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:10:19 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/07/more-gifts-for-girls/#comment-96 For the older geek girl (especially the one who watches CSI and yells at the screen), Sarah Andrews' geological mystery novels have a female protagonist who's a forensic geologist, and the science is quite solid. I wouldn't give these to most girls younger than high school, though. For the older geek girl (especially the one who watches CSI and yells at the screen), Sarah Andrews’ geological mystery novels have a female protagonist who’s a forensic geologist, and the science is quite solid. I wouldn’t give these to most girls younger than high school, though.

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