Necia Apfel ( Halpern; born July 31, 1930) is an American astronomer, author and educator.

Personal life

Necia Halpern graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University and did graduate work at

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College. Considered founded in 1879, it was one of the Seven Sisters colleges and he ...

and Northwestern University. She has lectured about astronomy to children in the Chicago area and taught courses on the teaching of astronomy at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. She married Donald A. Apfel on September 7, 1952. They had two children. He predeceased her. She lives in

Highland Park, Illinois Highland Park is a suburban city located in the southeastern part of Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,176. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located o ...

. After retiring, she was a volunteer and past President of the Friends of the Highland Park Public Library. She is the author of two college textbooks on astronomy and ten books for children.

Bibliography

*''It's All Elementary: From Atoms to the Quantum World of Quarks, Leptons and Gluons'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (c1985), *''Nebulae: The Birth and Death of Stars'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (c1988) *''Voyager to the Planets'', Clarion Books (c1991), *''It's All Relative: Einstein's Theory of Relativity'', with diagrams by Yukio Kondo, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (c1981), *''Astronomy and Planetology: Projects for Young Scientists'', F. Watts (1983) *''Arco Astronomy Projects for Young Scientists'', Arco Pub (c1984), *''Architecture of the Universe'', with

J. Allen Hynek Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under ...

, Benjamin/Cummings (c1979), *''Orion, The Hunter'', Clarion Books (c1995), *''Space Station (First Books)'', F. Watts (1987), *''Moon and Its Exploration: A First Book (First Books)'', F. Watts (1982), *''Stars and Galaxies.'' (1982) ISBN 0-531-04389-4

References

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