
Adrienne Mayor
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 78 |
Date of birth | April 22,1946 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Benton |
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United States | |
Employer | Stanford University |
Job | Author |
Historian | |
Folklorist | |
Movies/Shows | Warrior Women |
Affiliations | Stanford University |
Nominations | National Book Award for Nonfiction |
Independent Publisher Book Award for History (World) | |
Awards | Independent Publisher Book Award for History (World) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1309240 |
Adrienne Mayor Life story
Adrienne Mayor is a historian of ancient science and a classical folklorist. Mayor specializes in ancient history and the study of "folk science", or how pre-scientific cultures interpreted data about the natural world, and how these interpretations form the basis of many ancient myths, folklore and popular beliefs.