A portrait of the scientist as a young woman / Lindy Elkins-Tanton.
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.
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| Other title: | Portrait of the scientist as a young woman : a memoir. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarpersCollins Publishers,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Creating a mission to space
- 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.