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Gabrielle Hecht

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American historian (born 1965)
Gabrielle Hecht
Born1965 (age 59–60)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD), MIT (BS)
Academic work
Disciplinehistory
InstitutionsStanford University
Main interestssociology 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.

Books

  • 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

  1. "Gabrielle Hecht | Department of History". history.stanford.edu.


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