Background
Fraknoi, Andrew was born on August 24, 1948 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Emery I. and Katherine H. (Schmidt) Fraknoi. came to the United States, 1959. Naturalized.
(VOYAGES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE provides students and profes...)
VOYAGES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The Media Update features the latest research and most recent discoveries since the original publication of the third edition, including the first pictures from the Huygens landing on Titan, the latest results from the Mars Exploration Rovers, and an updated section about extra solar planets. Automatically packaged at no additional cost with every new copy of the text, AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and TheSky™ Planetarium Software CD-ROM, the Media Update provides the strongest package of interactive learning tools available for students of astronomy today.
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VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The Media Update features the latest research and most recent discoveries since the original publication of the third edition, including an updated section about extra solar planets, a discussion on the effects of the Halloween solar storms of 2003, and the latest stardust mission information. Automatically packaged with every new copy of the text at no additional cost, AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and TheSky™ Planetarium Software CD-ROM, the Media Update provides the strongest package of interactive learning tools available for students of astronomy today.
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(VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES covers the stars and be...)
VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES covers the stars and beyond, providing students and professors with the best of both worlds. It is written by two distinguished research scientists, David Morrison and Sidney Wolff and an award-winning astronomy educator, Andrew Fraknoi. Written in student-friendly, accessible language, VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES features down-to-earth analogies, superb full-color diagrams and images, and even occasional touches of humor. Readers all over the country are turning to this book with pleasure.
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VOYAGES TO THE PLANETS provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The Media Update features the latest research and most recent discoveries since the original publication of the Third Edition, including the first pictures from the Huygens landing on Titan, the latest results from the Mars Exploration Rovers, and the most recent images from the Cassini mission to Saturn. Automatically packaged at no additional cost with every new copy of the text, AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and TheSky™ Planetarium Software CD-ROM, the Media Update provides the strongest package of interactive learning tools available for students of astronomy today.
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(VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES provides students and p...)
VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The market-leading technology package includes access to InfoTracCollege Edition (free!) and TheSky™ Student Edition CD-ROM (free!), as well as an optional package with the RedShift™ College Edition CD-ROM (including animations) along with an accompanying workbook.
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(This is the last edition of a legendary astronomy textboo...)
This is the last edition of a legendary astronomy textbook, first written by Professor George Abell of UCLA. Many astronomy students learned their astronomy from Abell's book. When Abell passed away, the book was continued and updated by Sidney Wolff, the first woman in the U.S. to head a national observatory and David Morrison, a noted planetary scientist. In updating this latest edition, they were joined by Andrew Fraknoi, an award-winning astronomy educator. --Publisher
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This book is a workshop examines the reasoning patterns of students and various instructional media to understand beter how astronomical concepts can be taught more effectively.
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(VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES provides students and p...)
VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The Media Update features the latest research and most recent discoveries since the original publication of the third edition, including an updated section about extra solar planets, a discussion on the effects of the Halloween solar storms of 2003, and the latest stardust mission information. Automatically packaged with every new copy of the text at no additional cost, AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and TheSky™ Planetarium Software CD-ROM, the Media Update provides the strongest package of interactive learning tools available for students of astronomy today.
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(VOYAGES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE provides students and profes...)
VOYAGES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The market-leading technology package includes access to InfoTracCollege Edition (free!) and TheSky™ Student Edition CD-ROM (free!), as well as an optional package with the RedShift™ College Edition CD-ROM (including animations) along with an accompanying workbook.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0534409059/?tag=2022091-20
Astronomy educator astronomical society executive
Fraknoi, Andrew was born on August 24, 1948 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Emery I. and Katherine H. (Schmidt) Fraknoi. came to the United States, 1959. Naturalized.
Bachelor of Arts Astronomy, Harvard University, 1970; Master of Arts in Astrophysics, University of California-Berkeley, 1972.
Instructor astronomy and physics, Cañada College, Redwood City, California, 1972-1978;
executive director, Astronomical Society of Pacific, San Francisco, 1978-1992;
department chairman astronomy, Foothill College, Los Altos, California, since 1992. Part-time professor San Francisco State University, 1980-1992. Fellow Committee for Science.Investigation of Claims of Paranormal, since 1984.
Board directors Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, California, since 1984. Host radio program Exploring the Universe Station KGO-FM, San Francisco, 1983-1984.
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Board directors Bay Area Skeptics, San Francisco, 1982-1991. Fellow California Academy of Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (astronomy section committee 1988-1992), American Astronomical Society (astronomy education advisory board 1988-2004), Astronomical Society Pacific (Richard H. Emmons award for Excellence in College Astronomy Teaching 2007), American Association Physics Teachers, National Association Science Writers.
Married Lola Goldstein, August 16, 1992. 1 child, Alexander.