Download the formatted article from Astrobeat Magazine (PDF) Editor’s Introduction To those of us who teach astronomy, Dr. Bennett is known as the lead author of one of the most popular introductory astronomy textbooks in the U.S. He also writes textbooks in other fields and popular books for adults. Less well known is the fact […]
Dear Friends, Hope everyone is enjoying the summer (or winter, for those readers in the Southern Hemisphere), and a big welcome to the approximately 120 new subscribers, including all the “Teachers of the Year” that I had the privilege to speak with at Space Camp last week. Space News topics for this e-mail are: 1. […]
Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter (use form above) have received occasional updates, but as you can see, I have not had time to anything to this blog for nearly two years. Fortunately, there’s a quick and easy source for the major updates: Beyond UFOs has just been released in paperback and e-book […]
Astronaut Alvin Drew reads Max Goes to the Moon during STS-133, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Dear Friends, I’ve noticed an increase in this list’s number of subscribers, so welcome to all of you who are new! The revolutions spreading across the Middle East make clear that this is a momentous time in human history. But political change is not the only major change that is currently happening. On the scientific […]
Jeff spends the bulk of his time writing textbooks used primarily at the college and upper high school levels. In the following videos from his publisher, Pearson, Jeff talks about textbook writing. Part 3: Flexible options and Mastering Astronomy
Jeff spends the bulk of his time writing textbooks used primarily at the college and upper high school levels. In the following videos from his publisher, Pearson, Jeff talks about textbook writing. Part 2: How The Cosmic Perspective series addresses student challenges Max Goes to Jupiter
Jeff spends the bulk of his time writing textbooks used primarily at the college and upper high school levels. In the following videos from his publisher, Pearson, Jeff talks about textbook writing. Part 1: The origin of The Cosmic Perspective series Max Goes to Mars
Dear Friends, It’s been an exciting year in space science, and my apologies for the delay in getting the latest news to you. But a couple recent developments have gotten a lot of press, so I want to update you on those, as well as on the upcoming total lunar eclipse, which will be visible […]
Greetings! Hope everyone is having a good 2010. And welcome to the many new subscribers; not sure how you found out about this list, but thanks for joining. Before we turn to the space (and math) news, a quick note about events: * Boston Area readers: I will be giving a public talk at Harvard […]
