Dr. Bennett and Astronaut Alvin Drew discuss the space program and Story Time From Space.
Featured Author for Girl Scout Studios
“Follow your dreams, study hard, and someday you’ll live in a world as wonderful as the one we imagine in my books.” Scientist and author Jeffrey Bennett has not been to the moon—yet. He hopes eventually to teach at the University of the Moon, where Girl Scouts will be among the students and their families […]
U. Colorado Article on Math for Life Award
Two books with ties to CU win Colorado Book Awards Todd Neff’s “From Jars to Stars,” and Jeff Bennett’s “Math for Life,” two books with ties to the University of Colorado Boulder, were awarded a Colorado Book Award in Aspen this summer in the history and general nonfiction categories, respectively. Winning this honor “provides some […]
The Essential Cosmic Perspective (Jeff’s astronomy textbook) appears in Samsung Galaxy Television Ads
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VIDEO: The Making of the Max/Moon Planetarium Show
What does it take to translate a children’s book into a planetarium show? Find out as CU Science Update’s Rose Heaphy and her dog Ringo take a sneak peak of the CU Fiske Planetarium’s latest production, “Max Goes to the Moon”, based on the popular children’s book by Boulder author, Jeffrey Bennett. Fiske’s Education Programs […]
Colorado PTA Bulletin
“The Wizard Who Saved the World” – Coming Soon to an Elementary School Near You! Thanks to the generous donation of author, Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, and the distribution efforts of the Jared Polis Foundation and the Colorado PTA, “The Wizard Who Saved the World”, children’s book, will soon be arriving at the 1,050 elementary schools […]
RADIO: How On Earth (KGNU) – Of Math and Wizards
Of Math and Wizards Your browser does not support the audio element. OR Listen to Podcast Here One often hears people state “I’m not good at math” or that they don’t like math because it they don’t think it has any relevance to their day-to-day life (other than, maybe, to balance a checkbook). However, both […]
Astronomy Beat Article – How My Dog Made It Into Orbit
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 […]
VIDEO: Max Goes to the Moon read by Astronaut Alvin Drew
Astronaut Alvin Drew reads Max Goes to the Moon during STS-133, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
VIDEO: Why I Write Textbooks – Part 3
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