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What a gas! Unsung hero gets her day in the stars

Blast Off! How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space by Suzanne Slade

March 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Another unsung hero who made it possible to touch the stars was Mary Morgan. And we see how Morgan was a girl who at age eight could not read/write but by the time she was an adult she was doing chemistry, making fuels for rockets and barely had a college education in Blast Off! How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space. Suzanne Slade shows how Morgan was not going to let “doing chores” hold her back, and she was not going to let the […]

The Echo Wife: Come for the thriller, stay for the ethical quandaries

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

June 29, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

I came to this novel for a domestic thriller, and I left with thoughts about science, ethics, and the nature of humanity and personhood. Evelyn is a world-renowned scientist known for her work with clones. She’s developed a process by which you can have a fully developed adult quote cumin within about a little over three months. She’s kind of a big deal – winning awards and making waves in the scientific communities. Personally, her life is a bit of a mess. She’s estranged from […]

Lets get twisted with Ada Twist

Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty

May 23, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants is a continuing of the picture book series Andrea Beaty and David Roberts started with Iggy Peck, Architect, and Rosie Revere, Engineer and of course, Ada Twist, Scientist. And this chapter book is book two in The Questioneers series for the strong second to third grade reader. There are a few bumps for adult readers, but the age it is aimed at should love. Especially if they are into science, asking questions and funny friendship stories. Like her picture […]

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