Life On Other Planets
A Memoir of Finding My Place In the Universe
Aomawa Shields 2023 - Bvtn Lib 520.92 SHI
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Thesis The Effect of Star-Planet Interactions on Planetary Climate
graduated Exeter 1993 18yo hence born ~1975
- Sc.B. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences from MIT in 1997
- MFA Acting UCLA in 2001
- Ph.D. Astronomy and Astrobiology from the University of Washington in 2014
- U Cal Irvine in 2017
- Husband Steven
- 007 looked up at stars. 8yo, wanted to be a white Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader, then secretary
- 008 Mother PhD music theory prof at Amherst, estranged from envious family
- 009 Father also musician, parents invented name Aomawa Lalahie out of vowel sounds
- 010 parents divorced when Aomawa 2yo / then remarried: brother 10 years younger / remarried again: sister 21 years younger / toured Europe in 2010 and 2019
- 012 Mother professor, spent salary on expensive clothes, cosmetics, toys, not end-of-month food or trips
- 013 Grandmother Delphine 1930s math major at Tennessee State U. historically Black college
- 015 worked with numbers at Miramar Naval Air Station
016 Top Gun film, astrophysicist PhD teacher inspires young A.S.
- 018 World Book Encyclopedia at home
022 astronomy at Exeter, instructor Chris Harper