C. Renée James
American astronomer
Carol Renée James (also published as C. Renée James and C. Renée Beveridge) is an American astronomer. She is a professor of physics at Sam Houston State University. Her research publications include spectroscopy of stars in the galactic halo of the Milky Way and in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, and work on astronomy education. She is also the author of several books popularizing astronomy.
Life
James graduated from Rice University, and has a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Her 2000 doctoral dissertation, Chemical and kinematic correlations in the galactic halo, was supervised by Chris Sneden.[2]
Books
- James, C. Renée (2010). Seven Wonders of the Universe That You Probably Took for Granted. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9797-9.[3]
- James, C. Renée (2014). Science Unshackled: How obscure, abstract, seemingly useless scientific research turned out to be the basis for modern life. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-1500-0.[4]
- James, C. Renée (2023). Things That Go Bump in the Universe: How Astronomers Decode Cosmic Chaos. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-4693-6. [5]
References
- ^ University, Sam Houston State. "Research-Renee James". SHSU Online. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ "Carol Renée James". AstroGen. American Astronomical Association. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Review of Seven Wonders of the Universe That You Probably Took for Granted:
- "Bookshelf" (2011), Science News, JSTOR 41332314
- ^ Reviews of Science Unshackled:
- Sid Perkins (2014), Science News, JSTOR 24367277
- Michael Yankovich (2015), Mathematics and Computer Education, ProQuest 1690248267
- Jock McOrist (2016), Contemporary Physics, doi:10.1080/00107514.2016.1166458
- ^ Reviews of Things That Go Bump in the Universe:
- Rebecca Boyle (2023), "The weirdos of the star-spangled cosmos and what they reveal", New York Times
- Jeff Foust (2024), The Space Review, [1]
- Katherine Skipper (2024), "A suspenseful story of life and death in the universe", PhysicsWorld
External links
- Prof. C. Renee James' Astronomical Curiosities – Musings about the cosmos we inhabit (profcreneejames.com)