12/21/12

The SciFri Book Club Tours ‘The Planets’

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.

Segment Guests

Flora Lichtman

Flora Lichtman is a host of Science Friday. In a previous life, she lived on a research ship where apertivi were served on the top deck, hoisted there via pulley by the ship’s chef.

Annette Heist

Annette Heist is an audio producer and editor based near Philadelphia, PA.

Jim Green

Jim Green is a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and a deputy project scientist for NASA’s New Horizons Mission.

Meet the Producer

About Annette Heist

Annette Heist is an audio producer and editor based near Philadelphia, PA.