On her own terms [[electronic resource] ] : Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West / / Barbara R. Stein |
Autore | Stein Barbara R. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina |
570/.92
B |
Soggetto topico | Zoologists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
adventure
american west annie montague alexander berkeley biography california conservation environment explorer extinction female scientists feminism field research fossils gender hawaii historical women history lesbian lgbt lgbtqia louise kellogg markswoman natural history museum naturalist nonfiction old west paleontology philanthropist pioneer radical women sugar empire the west travel urbanization women and science women in history women in science women in stem womens studies zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-35625-9
0-520-92638-2 9786612356254 1-59734-781-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Samuel Alexander And Henry Baldwin -- 2. Life In Oakland -- 3. A Passion For Paleontology -- 4. Africa, 1904 -- 5. Meeting C. Hart Merriam -- 6. Alaska, 1906 -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 9. An Unusual Collaboration -- 10. Louise And Prince William Sound -- 11. Support For Paleontology -- 12. Hearst, Sather, Flood -- 13. Innisfail Ranch -- 14. Vancouver Island And The Trinity Alps -- 15. The Team Of Alexander And Kellogg -- 16. From "A Friend Of The University" -- 17. Founding A Museum Of Paleontology -- 18. A Restless Decade -- 19. Europe, 1923 -- 20. The Temple Tour -- 21. The "Amoeba Treatment" -- 22. Fieldwork-The Later Years -- 23. Saline Valley -- 24. The End Of An Era -- 25. Hawaii-"My Only Real Home" -- 26. The Switch To Botany -- 27. Baja California-Tres Mujeres Sin Miedo -- 28. Investing In The Future -- 29. An Enduring Legacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780375603321 |
Stein Barbara R. <1955->
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The Mutual Influence of Religion and Science in the Human Understanding and Exploration of Outer Space |
Autore | Weibel Deana L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (166 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Religion & beliefs |
Soggetto non controllato |
Japanese Buddhism
non-western religions space exploration science anthropology religion spaceflight NASA awe astronauts overview effect ultraview effect space policy Evangelical Protestantism religion and politics President Donald Trump Vice President Mike Pence Space Force General Social Survey New Frontier rhetoric pioneer nationalism exceptionalism manifest destiny creationism astronomy incorporation power International Space Station iconography hierotopy material culture sacred space cosmonaut religious transhumanism Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speculative religion outer space folk astronomy anthropology of time Kolob history Holy See Vatican neo-rationalism astrobiology Martian complexity diversity anthropocentrism moral ethics alien life cognition culture philosophy sense of wonder |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557365903321 |
Weibel Deana L
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