Brianna Jones

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Joans childhood explains why as she grew older she wanted to become a scientist. Her
brother liked science and he got her involved in his experiments. As she grew older she
enjoyed the experiments and decided she wanted to be a scientist. Richard, her brother, is
the one who got her into science. He is the reason she stood up for her rights of becoming
a scientist.
Richard was teaching her how to do things when she was very little, like how to solve
simple math problems, because in science sometimes you must use math. By the time she
was five he hired her as an assistant and paid her 2 cents a week. One night, when she
wanted a glass of water, Richard demonstrated centrifugal force, which was one of the
experiments he did.
Richard had also explained to her the fact that not only their dog, the waffle iron,
and even she was made out of atoms. He also ran her hand over and picture frame,
described a right triangle, and made her repeat that the sum of the square of the sides
were equal to the square of the hypotenuse. I had no idea what it meant, but he recited it
like a poem, so I loved to recite it too.
All science classes should read My Mother, the Scientist. It is a great passage
that explains science and tells the story about a mother struggling to become one. Plus
this scientist, Joan Feynman, is much more modern than most other scientist. This
passage teaches so much about science and life. You should read it today!