Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe
by Amy S. Hansen (Author), Wanda Díaz Merced (Author), Rocio Arreola Mendoza (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Growing up in Puerto Rico, Wanda Díaz Merced wanted to learn everything she could about the stars. But in college she started losing her sight. How could she study what she couldn’t see?
Wanda found a way. She learned to hear the stars using sonification, which converts data into sounds. Listening to those chimes and drumbeats, she made new discoveries about the universe.
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The author, Amy S. Hansen, is one of my former students.
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