Women’s Magazine – February 2004 By Marcey J. Cote Some might expect an astronomer to have his eyes locked on the sky or his head in the clouds, but Jeffrey Bennett defies these stereotypes. While the local astronomer/writer uses his academic background to drive his personal mission, he keeps his ideas firmly grounded. His ideas […]
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Max’s Famous Merry-Go-Round Trick
Max was once actually invited to the David Letterman show — not because of his starring role in books, but rather because of the trick in the video clip below. As described in Max Goes to Mars, he learned the trick as a puppy and did it all his life. He began to tremble with […]
“Voyage” from CU to the Smithsonian
Coloradan – February 2002 By Preston Dyches The solar system began in the 1980s and extends 3.6 billion miles from Fiske Planetarium to Colorado Avenue. Well, sort of. CU-Boulder’s scale model of the solar system was designed by a group of students and faculty in the 1980’s led by astrophysicists Jeffrey Bennett and Tom Ayres. […]
