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Author:

Elkins-Tanton, Linda, author.

Title:

A portrait of the scientist as a young woman / Lindy Elkin-Tanton.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

260 pages : 1 illustration, 1 map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Elkins-Tanton, Linda.
Planetary scientists--United States--Biography.
Women astronomers--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.

Notes:

"A memoir"--Dust jacket.

Contents:

All I had were questions -- In fragments -- Being relentless -- The search for meaning -- Every endeavor is a human endeavor -- Past is prologue -- The kinds of things a person can want -- Expanding courage -- Change begins with a question -- On not being a hero -- Every day, a brick -- At the end of the marathon, a sprint.

Summary:

A memoir from a world-renowned planetary scientist explores her remarkable life story, the struggles she faced as a woman in the field, and her work as the leader of NASA's Psyche mission to explore the largest known metal-rich asteroid.

ISBN:

0063086905
9780063086906

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1267584520

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

CCPB522 -- Oxford Public Library (Oxford)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)