Crosspost: Science as a way to heal and connect

Dr. Elkins-Tanton is the PI of Psyche. 

Lindy Elkins-Tanton has two launches on her calendar this year.

Most prominent is the launch of the Psyche spacecraft. Elkins-Tanton, a Regents Professor in Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and vice president of ASU’s Interplanetary Initiative, is the principal investigator of the Psyche mission.

But before that is the book launch. On June 7, Elkins-Tanton’s memoir, “A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman,” will be released. It is the story of science as a place of healing, as a way of building a life philosophy — finding meaning through the wonders of the world and the universe around us.

ASU News:

Why did you decide to write the book? It’s not as if you had a lot of extra time on your hands while you’re leading a NASA mission.

Elkins-Tanton:
What I’m really hoping is that people who read the book feel a connection. I think that so many people are contemplating or have been along career paths like mine and encountered challenges like what I have, whether that’s gender, age, nationality or whatever. So, for me, it’s this motivation to try to connect with people, and I just hope that people say, “You know, I feel that, too.”

Read the rest of Dr. Elkins-Tanton's interview and check out an excerpt from her new memoir at: https://news.asu.edu/20220603-creativity-asu-scientist-lindy-elkins-tanton-new-book