Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain

FROM SARAH:

An “impossible” math problem is no problem for Sophie! This beautifully told biography, paired with Barbara McClintock’s intricate illustrations, is a tribute to the power of perseverance and the truth inside each one of us that we can do hard things.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie.

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