Viking Saga Woman
The publisher of this book submitted it for the Science Writing Award of the American Institute of Physics. Why I'm not sure. The book does not deal directly with physics nor covers much science. Though it is subtitled "Voyages of a Viking Woman" it is not a travelogue nor is it really a biography of a woman. The author uses a woman who is in some of the Norse Sagas as a thread to discuss 'Viking' history as it relates to Iceland,Greenland and the coast of North America. Dr. Brown discusses elements of Viking society drawn from the Sagas as she describes visits to archeological sites and her participation in an archeological dig. To the various categories mentioned on the back of the title page, I would add literary criticism.
