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Stardust
memoir and essays by an astronomer who became a psychiatrist
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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.
"Jaime Smith, MD, FRCPC, was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. Upon completing his undergraduate studies in humanities at the University of Minnesota, Smith moved to Argentina to work as an astronomer at the national observatory, leaving behind the political framework of a country that he no longer supported. Smiths path would ultimately lead him to British Columbia, where he was a university teacher in physics, mathematics and astronomy before changing careers and receiving his MD, followed by four years of training in psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. He has published two previous books, Foxtrot (2020) and Stardust (2021). Smith was a participant in the fight to destigmatize homosexuality within the medical community and served on the front line of the AIDS epidemic in Vancouver, BC. A widower since 2011, he has three daughters, seven grandsons and four greatgrandchildren."
- ISBN-13
- 9781989467305
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing
- Imprint
- Granville Island Publishing (CA)
- Publication date
- 8 June 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 274
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 mm
- Language
- English
