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Thank you for this heartfelt response. I have now reached the part of your book when your son was born. You have done a beautiful job of capturing all the contradictions and complications. I love how you led into that part of your story at the end of Ch 7 "production of the new generation comes at a significant cost to the parent…"
I just finished Lab Girl and loved it. It was a memorable book to read while camping this weekend among the trees in Wisconsin. Along the lines of inspiring the young scientists out there, would you consider writing Lab Girl as a picture book? My daughter is in 3rd grade (and wants to work for NASA) and I am a 3rd grade teacher and I think it would make for an inspiring read for the younger crowd as well.
I couldn't agree more. Both as a scientist and someone who dabbled some in career development for scientists, I can tell you that really successful scientists still have fun doing science, and sharing that. The young child with the microscope or telescope or chemistry set or just looking for fossils in the backyard still is within many successful scientists.
Thank you for this wonderful deep thought and feeling response. I can see your advice applying to both girls and boys. It certainly sounds like its a recipe for a life long love of a chosen career and life.
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Thank you for this heartfelt response. I have now reached the part of your book when your son was born. You have done a beautiful job of capturing all the contradictions and complications. I love how you led into that part of your story at the end of Ch 7 "production of the new generation comes at a significant cost to the parent…"
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I just finished Lab Girl and loved it. It was a memorable book to read while camping this weekend among the trees in Wisconsin. Along the lines of inspiring the young scientists out there, would you consider writing Lab Girl as a picture book? My daughter is in 3rd grade (and wants to work for NASA) and I am a 3rd grade teacher and I think it would make for an inspiring read for the younger crowd as well.
I couldn't agree more. Both as a scientist and someone who dabbled some in career development for scientists, I can tell you that really successful scientists still have fun doing science, and sharing that. The young child with the microscope or telescope or chemistry set or just looking for fossils in the backyard still is within many successful scientists.
Thank you for this wonderful deep thought and feeling response. I can see your advice applying to both girls and boys. It certainly sounds like its a recipe for a life long love of a chosen career and life.
