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Jeff Bennett
Jeffrey Bennett holds a B.A. (1981) in biophysics from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.S. and Ph.D.(1987) in astrophysics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has taught at every level from preschool through graduate school, including more than 50 college classes in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and education. He served 2 years as a visiting senior scientist at NASA headquarters, where he created NASA's "IDEAS" program, started a program to fly teachers aboard NASA's airborne bservatories (including the hopefully soon-to-be-flying SOFIA), and worked on numerous educational programs for the Hubble Space Telescope and other space science missions. He also proposed the idea for and helped develop both the Colorado Scale Model Solar System on the CU-Boulder campus and the VoyageScale Model Solar System on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (He is pictured here with the model Sun.) In addition to this astronomy textbook, he has written college-level textbooks in astrobiology, mathematics, and statistics; two books for the general public, On the Cosmic Horizon (Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2001) and Beyond UFOs (Princeton University Press, 2008); and an award-winning series of children's books that includes Max Goes to the Moon, Max Goes to Mars, Max Goes to Jupiter (coming soon), and Max's Ice Age Adventure. When not working, he enjoys participating in masters swimming and in the daily adventures of life with his wife, Lisa; his children, Grant and Brooke; and his dog, Cosmo. His personal Website is www.jeffreybennett.com.
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The Cosmic Perspective Media Update with MasteringAstronomy™, 5/e ISBN-10: 0321551389 |
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The Essential Cosmic Perspective with MasteringAstronomy™, 5/e ISBN-10: 0321566947 |
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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life, 3/e ISBN-10: 0321286723 |
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Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 4/e ISBN-10: 0321458206 |
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ISBN-10: 0805347534 |
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On the Cosmic Horizon: Ten Great Mysteries for Third Millennium Astronomy, 1/e ISBN-10: 0321029712 |