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Dec. 21, 2012
The SciFri Book Club Tours 'The Planets'
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The SciFri Book Club is touring the solar system, with Dava Sobel’s 2005 book The Planets. Call in with a review of the book. Plus Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA, joins the club to give an update on what’s happened planet-wise since the book was published.
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Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Flora Lichtman
Multimedia Editor
NPR's Science Friday
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Annette Heist
Senior Producer
NPR's Science Friday
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Jim Green
Director, Planetary Science Division
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
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by Dava Sobel
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