Galaxy Girls audiobook

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This is an interesting book, even if it probably tries to be too many things to too many people. I wondered from the cover design whether it was a children's book, but the publisher's website (and the back of the book) resolutely refuse to categorise it as such. The back copy doesn't help by saying that it will 'inspire trailblazers and pioneers of all ages.' As I belong to the set 'all ages' I thought I'd give it a go.Inside are featured the 'stories of fifty inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space.' So, in some ways, A Galaxy of Her Own presents the other side of the coin to Angela Saini's excellent Inferior. But, inevitably, given the format, it can hardly provide the same level of discourse.Despite that 'all ages' comment and the lack of children's book labelling we get a bit of a hint when we get to a bookplate page in the form of a Galaxy Pioneers security pass (with the rather worryingly militaristic job title Commander) to fill in your name. Then, however, the opposing pages to a four page timeline of space travel is an introduction where Libby Jackson explains her own background and describes how, despite the UK not being hot on space travel, she still managed to become involved in the space business. This would work equally well for adults and echoes the underlying message, that you should aim for you dreams, however unlikely they may seem.We then get 50 double page spreads with a page of text on the left and a whole page illustration of the woman in question on the right. For an adult audience it might have been better to dedicate the whole two pages with just a small illustration, but this format is quite popular even in adult gift book non-fiction, so I suppose we should go with the flow. The text, though does make it clear that Jackson is writing with a young audience in mind when we see opening sentences such as 'Valentina Tereshkova wanted to be a train driver.' and 'Jacqueline Cochran loved clothes and makeup, and dreamt of a glamorous lifestyle.'Probably the weakest section is the first one where we get pre-1957 figures. I can see why this was done - but it does lead to some distinct exaggeration of the roles of the earliest women featured, because, of course, their main contributions had nothing to do with space travel. So, for instance, the opener is Émilie du Châtelet. It's all going well through the basic bio, but when we get the justification for her being here, we're told 'Émilie's heroic efforts laid the foundations of science and space for generations.' I think it's hard to justify that statement based on having written a translation of Newton's Principia into French as Jackson does - it's not that du Chatalet's work was insignificant, but this seems an exaggerated claim.We then get the inevitable bugbear of historians of science, Ada Lovelace, labelled 'the first published computer programmer'. Again, most of the biographical description is fine, but the claims for the significance of what she did seem unnecessarily distorted. Surely the likes of Caroline Herschel and Henrietta Swan Leavitt would have been more appropriate than Lovelace? Once we get those two out of the way, though, I'm pleased to say that even the historical figures get a lot more interesting, partly because they aren't already over-hyped like Lovelace, but also because we're into the 20th century and their work starts to have a more direct relevance to space.It's once we get into these section where an adult book particularly could do with more nuance. So, for example, when hearing the genuinely fascinating story of Mary Sherman Morgan's contribution to rocket science we just get a passing line that 'the American team led by Wernher von Braun developed a rocket to launch their own satellite' without pointing out that von Braun's technology was largely initially developed from the Nazi V weapons he had developed. Even in a children's book, perhaps there could be a little balance to the unrelenting positivism - but it the end, this is a book with a mission and it's a mission I wholeheartedly support.The stories of often unfamiliar names keep on coming with some excellent stories. For every Valentia Tereshkova we've all heard of (I hope) there are several entries such as Jerrie Cobb, a female pilot who with a handful of other women was given the same tests as the recruits for the Mercury space programme. Reflecting the bias of the times, despite often doing better than the men, the testing regime never led to a woman having a role in space and was quietly dropped.There is no doubt that we need more role model material for women in science to help girls at school make better decisions and boys to avoid thinking that STEM is just for them - I think this is an excellent book to do this. I just wish it had been more clearly aimed at a particular age group, as this isn't a genre where crossover works as well as it can with, for example, in fantasy fiction. The fourth star I've given it is provisional on limiting it to a 10-16 audience.

I absolutely loved this book! Written by physicist and engineer for the UK Space Agency Libby Jackson and beautifully illustrated by students of the London College of Communication, this is a selection of 50 women who have been central in the history of human space exploration, including a wide range of women astronauts, pilots, scientists (physicists, mathematicians, chemists, geologists,...), engineers, doctors, nurses, psychologists, teachers, lawyers, politicians, actresses, entrepeneuses, seamstresses,...An engaging, enjoyable, refreshing and empowering book that visibilizes remarkable women in history and does a great representation job in the still male-dominated world of space exploration. 10/10 would recommend. The language used throughout the book is also refreshingly inclusive and non-sexist, with 'human(kind)', 'men and women' and 'women' replacing the invisibilizing male generic (as in 'mankind', 'manned' or 'men' used to encompass both men and women).

Mais uma leitura maravilhosa e inspiradora. Queria muito que esse livro (e outros livros como esse) já existissem quando eu era criança."Never be limited by other people's limited imagination" (Mae Jemison)"Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going." (Nichelle Nichols)"If you want to know, you ask the question. There's no such thing as a dumb question. It's dumb if you don't ask it." (Katherine Johnson)"On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why should't we be taking the same risks in space?" (Valentina Tereshkova)Nesse livro conhecemos brevemente a história de 50 mulheres que, mesmo com todas as dificuldades e falta de incentivo, conseguiram atingir seus objetivos de trabalhar com ciência e com o espaço (ok, na verdade as primeiras mulheres apresentadas não tinham objetivos relacionados ao espaço, mas a relação delas com a ciência de alguma forma tiveram influência nessa área).Já na introdução a autora explica que a maioria dessas mulheres são dos Estados Unidos e da Rússia por conta do grande investimento e dedicação desses países na corrida espacial, mas felizmente ela conseguiu incluir algumas mulheres de diferentes nacionalidades também.Muitos relatos emocionantes e inspiradores (principalmente nas histórias de mulheres que fazem parte de minorias que ainda hoje sofrem infinitamente mais dificuldades que nós, mulheres brancas).Quero muito que esse livro seja traduzido um dia pro português e que as escolas apresentem para seus alunos ainda novinhos.Terceira leitura da Maratona Espacial 2020

This was an awesome book about amazing women who have done amazing things for our knowledge about space! Plus the illustrations are simply wonderful.

This was very interesting though I did notice some small errors (like saying someone was born in 1937 when that was 1927 otherwise she would have been 11 when recruited by NASA). The art was a bit hit/miss. Some I found absolutely stunning (like Patricia Cowing's portrait) and some were just not my thing (like Svetlana Savitskaya's portrait). Longer review to come~Feeling a bit too sick to write much. Just want to read + maybe play some Genshin.

3.5

Amazing read. Appropriate for all ages.

Tekst pochodzi z bloga: https://amandaasays.blogspot.com/2018...KOSMICZNE DZIEWCZYNYPrzyznam wprost - książka głównie skierowana jest w moim odczuciu do młodych dziewczynek, by od małego pokazywać im, że nie istnieją limity, a marzenia są po to, by je spełniać. Nie wyklucza to jednak faktu, że dorośli również mogą z zaciekawieniem pochłaniać tę cieniutką książkę. W moim przypadku tak było! Poznałam całe mnóstwo ciekawostek, o których wcześniej nie miałam nawet pojęcia. Co najbardziej mnie zainteresowało? Prawdopodobnie historia skafandrów i tego, kto je stworzył, a także inne rozwinięcie skrótu LOL. Czego żałuję? Że głównie pojawia się tam flaga USA, jednak (jak wspomniała zresztą sama autorka), największe osiągnięcia w tej dziedzinie należą do Stanów Zjednoczonych i Rosji, więc nie ma się co dziwić. Ale kto wie, może kiedyś pojawi się tam więcej polskich nazwisk? ;-)Nie będę się rozpisywała, ani opisywała każdej z kobiet, których sylwetki przybliżono w powyższej książce, bo mijałoby się to z celem, jednak podrzucam kilka zdjęć ze środka, abyście mieli przedsmak tego, jak pięknie jest wydana ta książka. Każdej z kobiet poświęcono dwie strony - jedna to notka biograficzna, druga to ilustracja z podobizną. Bywa również, iż pojawiają się grupy kobiet, jak jest to w przypadku żon astronautów bądź wspomnianych już wcześniej pań od skrótu LOL. Wszystko jest zgrabnie uporządkowane, dzięki czemu lektura jest istną przyjemnością.STRUKTURAKsiążka podzielona jest na pięć głównych części, które poprzedzone zostały wstępem, w którym autorka wyjaśnia między innymi cel powstania książki oraz jej własną historię z kosmosem w roli głównej. W ramach każdej z części mamy krótkie biografie naszych kosmicznych dziewczyn, którym towarzyszą przepiękne ilustracje z ich podobiznami. Książka skierowana jest głównie do młodych dziewcząt, stąd prosty język i brak przekombinowania, czy przerostu formy nad treścią. Wszystko jest przedstawione w zgrabny i estetyczny sposób, dzięki czemu niejedna dziewczynka zachwyci się tym tytułem. Na końcu pojawia się również miejsce na zapiski czytelniczki - jej imię, narodowość, przemyślenia z lektury oraz profesje, które szczególnie ją zainteresowały. Książka uczy i angażuje, a liczne ciekawostki sprawią, że podczas lektury nie będzie dało się nudzić!PODSUMOWUJĄCKosmiczne dziewczyny to książka, która zachwyci dziewczynki - nie tylko te małe! To zdecydowane must have dla miłośniczek kosmosu oraz osób doceniających estetyczne wydania. Garść ciekawostek i historii potwierdzających, że marzenia nie mają płci, a kobiety dorównują mężczyznom (A nawet bywają o wiele lepsze!). Pozwól zabrać się na podbój kosmosu razem z kobietami, dzięki którym historia wcale nie będzie taka nudna! ;-)

I’m a space nut. I remember listening to each of the Mercury flights on my transistor radio as we started exploring manned space flight. Unfortunately, then, and for many years afterwards, it was truly flights of men - no woman allowed. Recently, through movies and books, we are now learning that women were very important behind the scenes of even these earliest of flights. After the hard work of many pioneers, many of whom are featured in this book, women now have leading roles in our public and private attempts to master space flight and push into the great wonder of outer space.Libby Jackson has written a YA book highlighting the exploits of fifty of these women. It is interesting that Jackson did not include a write-up about herself as she has a long and successful history working with the European, British, and US space agencies. Fortunately she does give us a brief autobiography in her introduction.Jackson begins her stories of women involved with space in the 1700s with Émile du Chatelet, a woman who translated Newton’s Principia Mathematica into a French book that remains the most widely read French version to this day. She goes on to feature another forty-nine women who became computer pioneers, balloonists, test pilots, astronauts, engineers, nurses, doctors, scientists, ground crew, politicians, and company presidents. Each woman gets a page describing how she got interested in the field and what she did to get her dream job. The writing is clear, engaging, and does an amazingly good job of summarizing each person’s life into one page. This alone is quite a feat as, for some of these women, their trip through the glass ceiling literally took them into outer space.Adjacent to each mini-biography is a drawing of the individual. Each picture was created by a different female illustrator who were selected from the students and graduates of the London College of Communication. The creativity and variety of the portraits are a wonderful addition to the book. Jackson wrote her book to inspire girls to strive for whatever their passion is and not let people and circumstances stand in their way. As she puts it, “the whole universe is out there and it’s waiting for you.” Do yourself a favor and read this book. Even better, buy a copy and give it to a young girl that you know.

Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in SpaceBy Libby Jackson- [ ] Translated the encyclopedia Mathematica into simple French - it is now the widest read version in Europe - [ ] Created one of my the first and still used computer languages - Adda Lovelace - [ ] Hot air balloon pilot - her husband was doing high altitude experiments. Flew 10 miles up - [ ] The first women to break the sound barrier in 1953?- [ ] The women that sewed and created space suits - [ ] They literally wove the wires into the ships- [ ] Women were doing everything, they do do everything - [ ] Women in space- [ ] Women who support the women in space- [ ] There is no limit - [ ] Women are bad ass- [ ] Only 12% of the people that have been to space have been women - far too few - [ ] All of these women just did it and went forward, challenges but no limits - [ ] We are going to Mars and women are taking us there - [ ] I love books like this, diversity, representation, identification, inspiration, hero’s, kids, adults, science, love, humans - it has it all - [ ] Keep going, don’t let anything stop you, they need you