Gabrielle Hecht
Gabrielle Hecht | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD), MIT (BS) |
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| Discipline | history |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Main interests | sociology of science |
Gabrielle Hecht (born 1965) is an American historian and Professor of History at Stanford University. She is known for her works on radioactive residues, mine waste, air pollution, and the Anthropocene in Africa.[1]
Books
[edit]- Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures
- Uranium africain: une histoire globale
- Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade
- Entangled Geographies: Empire and Technopolitics in the Global Cold War
- The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity (1998/ 2nd ed 2009)
References
[edit]- ^ "Gabrielle Hecht | Department of History". history.stanford.edu.
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