Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
對象：K-9 年級
相關議題：性別平等教育、生涯規劃
作者 Robert Burleigh (Author), Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
內容簡介：
Filled with gorgeous illustrations by acclaimed artist Ra l Col n, this illustrated biography shares the story of female scientist, Marie Tharp, a pioneering woman scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor.
Marie Tharp was always fascinated by the ocean. Taught to think big by her father who was a mapmaker, Marie wanted to do something no one had ever done before: map the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Was it even possible? Not sure if she would succeed, Marie decided to give it a try.
Throughout history, others had tried and failed to measure the depths of the oceans. Sailors lowered weighted ropes to take measurements. Even today, scientists are trying to measure the depth by using echo sounder machines to track how long it would take a sound wave sent from a ship to the sea floor to come back. But for Marie, it was like piecing together an immense jigsaw puzzle.
Despite past failures and challenges–sometimes Marie would be turned away from a ship because having a woman on board was “bad luck”–Marie was determined to succeed. And she did, becoming the first person to chart the ocean floor, helping us better understand the planet we call home.
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這本插圖傳記充滿了著名藝術家Ra l Col n 創作的精美插圖，講述了女科學家瑪麗·撒普(Marie Tharp) 的故事，她是一位女科學家先驅，也是第一個成功繪製海底地圖的人。
瑪麗·撒普一直對海洋著迷。瑪麗的父親是一名製圖師，她從小就教導她要胸懷大志，她想做一些以前從未有人做過的事情：繪製大西洋底部的地圖。這可能嗎？瑪麗不確定自己是否會成功，決定嘗試。
縱觀歷史，其他人曾嘗試測量海洋的深度，但都以失敗告終。水手們放下加重的繩索進行測量。即使在今天，科學家仍在嘗試使用迴聲測深儀來測量深度，以追蹤從船隻發送到海底的聲波需要多長時間才能返回。但對瑪莉來說，這就像是拼湊一個巨大的拼圖遊戲。
儘管過去經歷過失敗和挑戰——有時瑪麗會被拒絕上船，因為船上有女性是「運氣不好」——但瑪麗決心取得成功。她做到了，成為繪製海底圖表的第一人，幫助我們更了解我們稱之為家園的星球。
