At 4:30 pm on March 4th Mark Littman will be doing a KIDS TOTALITY TALK! 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!
Then he will talk to the Adult community at 6:30pm on March 4th.
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. ADULT TALK. FREE ECLIPSE GLASSES TO ATTENDEES.
This talk is based on Mark Littman’s comprehensive book about eclipses of the same name. You will learn about solar eclipses, especially total eclipses, featuring the upcoming eclipse. The talk includes not only the science of eclipses (in terms everyone can understand) but also the mythology and folklore of eclipses, how humans have reacted to them in the past, what we have learned from eclipses, and how to observe a solar eclipse safely and most enjoyably.
Mark Littmann 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.
