Invite me to your institution: From primary schools to universities, libraries to museums, clubs to conferences, in video chats and in person, I make learning fun… and funny!
Space history:
- The First Space Race: From the V-2 to Vanguard—the decade of competition that led to Sputnik
- White suit, Red suit: the American and Soviet human spaceflight programs, from Mercury to the Moon Landing
- Shattered Dreams (or why Elon Musk isn’t going to get us to Mars): How the promise of cheap spaceflight continues to elude us
- The first giant leap: paving the way to the Moon with robots: Pioneers, Rangers, and Lunas, oh my!
- Unveiling the Gods: interplanetary probes to Venus, Mars, and beyond!
Astronomy:
- Strange New Worlds: How we discovered the planets beyond our solar system, and the exotic secrets they hold
- The Hell Up There: the discovery and importance of the Van Allen radiation belts that girdle the globe
- The coolest planets…are moons! The exotic worlds of Europa, Enceladus, and Titan, and the prospect for life beyond Earth
Social science:
- Hidden Figures: the Women Pioneers of Space Science and Science Fiction, and why history would not have happened without them
- What Science Fiction got Wrong…and Right! (and how you make the future) — doomsday predictions of the past and present, and how we avoid catastrophe
- Better than Dune (or you can trust science fiction over 30!) — the best SFF of the ’50s and ’60s, and why they’re relevant today
- Lost Continent(s): Atlantis, Mu, and More! The best civilizations are Under the Sea
- Where We Came From: the discovery of hominid fossils over time, and how they changed our understanding of human evolution
Engagements beyond the San Diego/Los Angeles/Inland Empire megalopolis will require a flight. Speaker’s fee is negotiable based on travel time and distance (particularly with non-profit or educational institutions). Travel and lodging expenses are expected to be covered, as needed.
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