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Ordinary Matter | Laura Elvery

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In 1895 Alfred Nobel rewrote his will and left his fortune made in dynamite and munitions to generations of thinkers. Since 1901 women have been honoured with Nobel Prizes for their scientific research twenty times, including Marie Curie twice. Spanning more than a century and ranging across the world, this inventive story collection is inspired by these women whose work has altered history and saved millions of lives. From a transformative visit to the Grand Canyon to a baby washing up on a Queensland beach, a climate protest during a Paris heatwave to Stockholm on the eve of the 1977 Nobel Prize ceremony, Ordinary Matter explores the nature of ingenuity and discovery, motherhood and sacrifice, illness and legacy. Sometimes the extraordinary pivots on the ordinary.

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Ordinary Matter | Laura Elvery

so-so

Let‘s be clear: the stories in Ordinary Matter aren‘t about the women who won the Nobel Prizes, or even necessarily the work they did to win them. Instead, the stories are inspired by them, often only tangentially related to their discoveries. Overall, a mixed bag, but the premise will be enough to draw you in. My full review here: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/new-releases/

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