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 a former senior producer for Science Friday.
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 a former senior producer for Science Friday.