The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) has announced that the book for their June 9, 2024 “Tween Primes” book club for ages 10-17 will be Mathical Award Winner Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins. This is an online event – register at momath.org/tween-primes.
From MoMath:
Are you a budding mathematician between the ages of 10 and 17 who loves math and reading?
Join MoMath’s Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ingrid Daubechies, on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 4:30 pm, for this month’s Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for tweens and teens, featuring Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins.
After a childhood spent looking up at the stars, Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and to earn a salary for scientific research. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing nurse whose work reformed hospitals and one of the founders of the field of medical statistics. The first female electrical engineer, Hertha Marks Ayrton registered twenty-six patents for her inventions. Learn about seven groundbreaking women in math and science in this gorgeously written biographical novel-in-verse!
Tween Primes is hosted by Ingrid Daubechies, MoMath’s 2023-2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics.
Register for free at tweenprimes.momath.org.