This is a fun interactive talk focusing on the upcoming Solar Eclipse in April. Do your kiddos have questions?? Mark will be here to hopefully provide some answers!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. WE SUGGEST CHILDREN IN GRADES 1ST – 8TH FOR THIS TALK. FREE ECLIPSE GLASSES FOR ATTENDEES.
Mark Littman teaches science writing at the University of Tennessee, holding three distinguished professorships. Mark received a B.S. in chemistry and literature at MIT, an M.A. in creative writing at Hollins College, and a Ph.D. in English at Northwestern University. Mark’s books about solar eclipses, giant meteor storms, Halley’s Comet, and the discovery of the outer planets have won four national awards. Mark’s plays include Halley and Newton, how Edmond Halley made Isaac Newton famous, and Little Lessons for Lina, about Caroline Herschel, the first woman professional astronomer. Before coming to the University of Tennessee in 1991, Mark taught astronomy at Loyola College in Maryland and the University of Utah. He directed the Hansen Planetarium in Salt Lake City from 1965 to 1983. He wrote and produced 35 planetarium programs, some still performed worldwide. The International Astronomical Union honored Mark by naming Asteroid 303265 after him.