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Title: |
Stardust |
| Sub-title: |
memoir and essays by an astronomer who became a psychiatrist |
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| By (author): |
Jaime Smith |
| ISBN10-13: |
198946730X : 9781989467305 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
229x152mm |
| Pages: |
274 |
| Weight: |
.406 Kg. |
| Published: |
Granville Island Publishing (CA) - June 2021 |
| List Price: |
19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 14 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: science, technology & medicine |
| An astronomer turned psychiatrist, Jaime Smith traces his education back to his early studies in the humanities and a life-changing move to Argentina as a young researcher photographing faint blue stars. Returning with his family to the US for graduate studies and then on to British Columbia to teach university courses, Smith ultimately segued into medicine, beginning a decades long career as a psychiatrist at the forefront of the AIDS epidemic in Vancouver, BC. Drawing from a background in diverse fields of study, Smiths memoir, Foxtrot, gets new life alongside a collection of essays that explore topics ranging from quantum mechanics and philosophy to literature, linguistics, and systems of belief. For Smith, it is the production, acquisition and playfulinteraction with knowledge that makes us human.Stardustreflects Smiths never-ending engagement with thatpursuit. |
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"Jaime Smith’s memoir traces the contours of an extraordinary and thoroughly idiosyncratic life that is guided by an enthusiasm for embracing new intellectual, physical and affective challenges. The eclectic essay collection following is delectable reading for those who prize a relentless and uncompromising thoughtfulness, often with a Borgesian twist." — Dr. Peggy Day, Professor of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg
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