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Shields, Aomawa L.
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Women astronomers, Black -- Biography.
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Women astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- Biography.
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Shields, Aomawa L.
Shields, Aomawa L.
Women astronomers, Black -- Biography.
Astronomers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Women astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- Biography.
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Life on other planets : a
memoir
of
finding
my
place
in the
universe
/ Aomawa Shields.
by
Shields, Aomawa L.
Viking, 2023.
Call #:
520.92 S555L
Subjects
Shields, Aomawa L.
Women astronomers, Black -- Biography.
Astronomers, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Women astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780593299180 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Memoir
of
finding
my
place
in the
universe
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332).
Summary:
"This
memoir
charts the life of Dr. Aomawa Shields as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM as she searches for life in the
universe
while building a meaningful life here on earth. As a kid, Aomawa Shields was always bumping into things, her neck craned up at the sky, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. A year into an astrophysics PhD program, plagued by self-doubt and discouraged by a white male professor who suggested that she -- a young Black woman who also loved fashion, makeup, and the arts -- didn’t belong, she left astronomy and pursued acting professionally for a decade, before a day job working for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope drew her back to the stars. She was the oldest and the only Black student in her PhD cohort. This time, no professor, and no voice in her own head, would stop her. Now an astronomer and astrobiologist at the top of her field, Dr. Shields studies the
universe
outside our Solar System, researching and uncovering the planets circling distant stars with just the right conditions that could support life -- while also using her theater education to communicate the wonder and magic of the
universe
with those of us here on Earth. But it’s been a journey as winding and complex as the physics she has mastered. Life on Other Planets is a journey of discovery on this world and on others, a story of creating a life that makes space for joy, love, and wonder while being driven by one of our biggest questions: Is anybody else out there? It is about the possibility of living between multiple worlds and not choosing -- but instead charting a new path entirely."--From publisher.
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Autobiographies.
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