Nothing Stopped Sophie
The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
by Cheryl Bardoe
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appears in Math, Math Science, and Children's.
The true story of eighteenthcentury 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. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under a male pen name came from a woman...nothing stopped Sophie....
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appears in Math, Math Science, and Children's.
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