Marta Tienda sees life stories in numbers. She is a sociologist, a scientist who studies human society. Numbers are the tools she uses to uncover information about people and their behavior. This work presents the story of this Mexican American girl raised in a home without books who grew up to become one of the world's leading sociologists.
- Tienda is Hispanic, and her work primarily focuses on Hispanics in the U.S.
- Perfect combination of biography (100+ pages) and science.
- Written in an engaging, easy-to-read style.
- All bio subjects are contemporary and active in their fields.
- An advisory board of prominent scientists, including Rita R. Colwell, former director of the National Science Foundation, and Alan J. Friedman, director of the New York Hall of Science, conceptualized the series and chose bio subjects.
