How to Hear the Universe: Gaby González and the Search for Einstein's Ripples in Space-Time by Patricia Valdez, Sara Palacios
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers on March 8, 2022
ISBN: 1984894595
Pages: 40
Genres: Biography/Autobiography
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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How to Hear the Universe is the story of how Gaby Gonzalez picked up and continued working on Einstein’s theory of ripples in space-time. The picture book is engaging and brightly illustrated and is an inspiring scientific theory success story. My only reservation is that this theory is so complicated, I finished the books still not comprehending what a ripple in space-time really is, even after reading the helpful further reading in the back. What I chose to take away instead, was how amazing science is, in that a hundred years after a theory has been developed, it can be further explored. It’s such an wonderful collective of minds, and it’s always nice to be reminded that scientists don’t work in a bubble and that every theory or discovery leads to further theory and discovery, even if it’s a century later.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library