{"id":42372,"date":"2023-04-27T23:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T03:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42372"},"modified":"2023-04-27T23:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T03:03:33","slug":"review-of-sisters-in-science-by-linda-elovitz-marshall-illustrated-by-anna-and-elena-balbusso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=42372","title":{"rendered":"Review of Sisters in Science, by Linda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sisters in Science<\/p>\n

Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood<\/em><\/p>\n

by Linda Elovitz Marshall
\nillustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso<\/p>\n

Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 36 pages.
\nReview written March 31, 2023, from a library book.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I’ve read several books about Marie Curie, but I had never heard about her older sister Bronia who made her career possible.<\/p>\n

And Marie also made Bronia’s career possible. This picture book explains that the sisters made a pact.<\/p>\n

Yet, to achieve their dreams, Marie and Bronia needed to study in a real university, one that accepted women, like the Sorbonne in Paris, France.<\/p>\n

But how could they possibly<\/em> pay?<\/p>\n

They concocted a plan:<\/p>\n

Bronia would start at the Sorbonne immediately, while Marie would work as a tutor to pay for Bronia’s education.<\/p>\n

When Bronia finished, they would switch. Marie would start, and Bronia would pay.<\/p>\n

Marie and Bronia made a pact!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The book goes on to tell about both their lives and how they helped each other at crucial times.<\/p>\n

Besides Marie’s stellar achievements, which most of us have heard about before, we learn that Bronia and her husband founded a hospital in Poland. And the x-ray machines that Marie developed were used there.<\/p>\n

I love that this book about sisters is illustrated by twin sisters. The lovely illustrations make heavy use of scientific symbols, giving wonderful effects.<\/p>\n

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