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01971aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 8FCF10F4F67B11EB990CE7EE5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210806010010 008 210225s2021 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 195300203X 020 $a 9781953002037 035 $a (OCoLC)1240177670 040 $a MLSOD $b eng $e rda $c MLSOD $d TOH $d YDX $d CNNWP $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d PX0 $d IOU $d SILO 050 14 $a PS3616.A865 $b I5 2021 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Pastan, Rachel, $e author. 245 10 $a In the field : $b a novel / $c Rachel Pastan. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Encino, CA : $b Delphinium Books, $c [2021] 300 $a 344 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a A novel inspired by the life of the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 1983, follows Kate Croft who attends college in 1920 and, confused by her own sexuality, finds refuge in the rationality of biology and genetics. In 1920, having persuaded her resistant mother to send her to college, Kate Croft falls in love with science. But science turns out to be marred by human weakness. Despite her hard work and extraordinary gifts, Kate struggles, facing discrimination, competition, and scientific theft. At the same time, a love affair is threatened by Kate's obsession with figuring out the meaning of the puzzling changes she sees in her experiments. 650 0 $a Women geneticists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination in science $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sex role $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sexual orientation $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 7 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409041013.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020904.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023931.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310012204.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909065207.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220105021037.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210806010123.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8FCF10F4F67B11EB990CE7EE5BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search