Lessons in Chemistry

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Bonnie Garmus: Lessons in Chemistry (2022, Transworld Publishers Limited)

400 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 10 de Julio de 2022 por Transworld Publishers Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-85752-812-4
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Review of 'Lessons in Chemistry' on 'Storygraph'

5 estrellas

This book is amazing. It handles terrible events with respect and humor, without belittleing and without making such events life defining. Science, parenting and companionship define the story of Elizabeth Zott.

Some quotes:
"Scientists expect mistakes, and because of it, we embrace failure."

"[...] Don't you think it's possible to believe in both God and science?"
"Sure [...] It's called intellectual dishonesty".

Families required constant maintenance.

[...] the reduction of women to something less than men [...] is not biological: it's cultural.

"Religion is based on faith."
"But you realize, [...] that faith isn't based on religion. Right?"

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[...] he'd felt completely nonpulsed. [...] Amanda was his daughter and he was her father. He loved her with all his heart. Biology was overrrated.</spoiler>

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Sheldon Cooper meets Mrs. Maisel

3 estrellas

I bought this book because I thought it were a realistic depiction of a female scientiest in the later 1950s/early 1960s. It most definitely is NOT anything like that, but it might still be worth a read.

The book follows the life of (fictitious) chemist Elisabeth Zott during the 1950s until 1961. She is pictured as a brillant, but very quirky scientist who is trying to succeed as a woman in academia as well as in personal life. Occasionally, there are time jumps into her past and changes in perspective (most of the time, her boyfriend or her dog), but most of the time the story focuses on Elisabeth. The book is not directly told through her perspective, though, so the reader does not only follow her stream of thoughts, but also people's reaction towards her behavior. Eliabeth's story is probably a story many women in STEM can relate to, …