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sky306351345 |
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SKY |
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220105s2022 nyua e 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063086905 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780063086906 |
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is |
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rda |
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SKYRV |
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MiTN |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QB36 .E45 |
| Item number |
A3 2022 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
921 Elkins |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Elkins-Tanton, Linda T., |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A portrait of the scientist as a young woman / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Lindy Elkins-Tanton. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
William Morrow, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
[2022] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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©2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
260 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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24 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"Deep in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, three times farther from the sun than the Earth is, orbits a massive asteroid called (16) Psyche. It is one of the largest objects in the belt, potentially containing the equivalent of the world's total economy in metals, though they cannot be brought back to Earth. But (16) Psyche has the potential to unlock something even more valuable: the story of how planets form, and how our planet formed. Soon we will find out, thanks to the extraordinary work of Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the Principal Investigator of NASA's $800 million Psyche mission, and the second woman ever to be awarded a major NASA space exploration contract. The journey that brought her to this place is extraordinary. Amid a childhood of terrible trauma, Elkins-Tanton fell in love with science as a means of healing and consolation. But still she wondered, was forced to wonder: as a woman, was science 'for her'? In answering that question, she takes us from the wilds of the Siberian tundra to the furthest reaches of outer space, from the Mayo Clinic, where Elkins-Tanton battled ovarian cancer while writing the Psyche proposal, to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where her team brought that proposal to life. A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman is a beautifully-constructed memoir that explores how a philosophy of life can be built from the tools of scientific inquiry. It teaches us how to approach difficult problems by asking the right questions and truly listening to the answers-and how we may find meaning through exploring the wonders of the universe around us."--publisher's website. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Elkins-Tanton, Linda T. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Asteroids. |
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AutoBiography. |
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Ovaries |
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Cancer |
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Patients |
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United States |
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Biography. |
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Planetary scientists |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Women scientists |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |