Historical nonfiction book Sisters in Science by Olivia Campbell is set to hit the shelves on December 31.
Taking place during the Second World War, the book follows four women pioneers in physics Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hildegard Stücklen, and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany, as they were forced out of their academic positions after the Nazis took power.
The book is set to take the reader through the harrowing journey of the four women, who were on a mission to continue revolutionising the field of physics despite all odds.
Olivia, a New York Times bestselling author, is a journalist and essayist who focuses on the intersections of women, history and nature, and has contributed to National Geographic, The Atlantic, The Washington Post and many more.
She holds a Master’s degree in science from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism from Virginia Commonwealth University. “I got the idea from a project by Northeastern University. They had a project where they were looking at women scientists in Germany during the Nazi era, tracking grants, who received aid from the US, who didn’t, who was able to escape,” Olivia said in an interview.
“Ultimately, what I found was four women who all escaped and knew each other, some of them may not have ended up in the same sort of places, but they helped each other get out, so this was a more compelling narrative to me,” she added.
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