Marianne Jakmides Dyson is a writer of non-fiction books, mostly for children, about space science. Marianne Dyson 2014

She grew up in

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, lives in

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and has worked for

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

Her book ''Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall'' was a

Golden Kite Award The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing a ...

winner in the year 2000. Her book "Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier" won the

American Institute of Physics The American Institute of Physics (AIP) promotes science and the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies. Its corpora ...

Science Communications Award in 2004. The first book she coauthored with Apollo 11 astronaut

Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' pilot on the 1969 A ...

, Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet, was named a Best STEM book by the National Science Teachers Association.

Bibliography

*''Fireworks in Orbit'' (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1990) *''The Critical Factor'' (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1992) *''The Shape of Things to Come'' (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1996) *''Finding Homework Help On The Internet'' (Scholastic, 2000) *''Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier'', ed. Jennifer Emmett (National Geographic, 2003) *''The Space Explorer's Guide to Out-Of-This-World Science'' with Hena Khan (2004) *''The Space Explorer's Guide to Stars and Galaxies'' (Scholastic, 2004) *''Space Station Science: Life In Free Fall'' foreword by Buzz Aldrin (Scholastic, 1999, 2nd ed. Windward, 2004) *''Twentieth-century Space And Astronomy: A History of Notable Research And Discovery'',ed. William J. Cannon (Facts On File, 2007) *''Fly Me To The Moon'' (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2010) *''Dyson's Space Poems'' (2011) *''The Right Path and Zeus's Eagle'' (2011) *''Science Fiction Versus the Real Thing: What I learned on NASA's Vomit Comet'' (2012) *''The Callahan Kids: Tales of Life on Mars'' (Marianne J. Dyson, contributor) (2013) *''Fly Me to the Moon and Other Stories'' (2015) *''Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet'' by

and Marianne J. Dyson (National Geographic, 2015) * * *"To the Moon and Back: My Apollo 11 Adventure" by

and Marianne J. Dyson with art by Bruce Foster (National Geographic, 2018)https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/75933-fall-2018-children-s-sneak-previews.html Publishers Weekly 2018 Fall Preview *''Trajectories'' (Marianne J. Dyson, contributor), ed. Dave Creek

References

External links

Marianne Dyson's Website
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