All of her life Marjorie loved nature and mathematics. When she expressed her desire to study art and geometry, her parents instead recommended that she become a secretary. Within her quiet life as a mother of five children, Majorie continued to study shapes and to learn about math and geometry. Through an announcement in Scientific American , December 1975, Marjorie learns that possible pentagons that tessellate were still waiting to be discovered. Marjorie ends up finding many more pentagons. It wasn't her degree or her desire for money or fame that bolstered her determination; it was her love for geometry and art.
**Highly, highly recommend.
Inspiring! When teaching about M.C. Escher, parents and teachers can introduce Marjorie Rice, an ordinary woman who pursued an interest without the goal of recognition.
The illustrations are mathematical/geometrical and beautiful. The author alternates the history of fitting shapes together and Marjorie's life until they merge. The illustrator defines each focus with a border (shape history=tan rectangular border, Marjorie's life=no tan border)
Consideration: old-earth worldview
-Borrowed from the library.
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