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He has also studied, written and lectured on the human influence on Earth, as seen in cosmic perspective.
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Venus Revealed: A New Look Below the Clouds of Our Mysterious Twin Planet
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Venus Revealed: A New Look Below The Clouds Of Our Mysterious Twin Planet by David Harry Grinspoon (1998-04-10)
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Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060185406/?tag=2022091-20
David Grinspoon
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He is Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. and was appointed Baruch South. Blumberg National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology for 2012/2013. His research focuses on comparative planetology, with a focus on climate evolution on Earth-like planets and implications for habitability. Grinspoon, the son of Harvard psychiatrist and author Lester Grinspoon, holds degrees in Philosophy of Science and Planetary Science from Brown University and a doctorate in Planetary Sciences from the University of Arizona.
He serves as an advisor to National Aeronautics and Space Administration on space exploration strategy.
He serves as an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the European Space Agency"s Venus Express spacecraft mission to Venus. His popular writing has appeared in numerous periodicals, such as Slate, Scientific American, Natural History, The Sciences, Seed, Astronomy, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.
His technical papers have been published in Nature, Science, and numerous other journals. Doctor Grinspoon has been featured on many television (Public Broadcasting Service"s Life Beyond Earth.
British Broadcasting Corporation"s The Planets, History Channel"s The Universe) and radio (National Public Radio’s Science Fridays, Wisconsin Public Radio, British Broadcasting Corporation World Service) shows.
He has given invited talks at international conferences throughout the United States., Europe, and Australia. A prolific public lecturer and writer, he also writes the monthly "Cosmic Relief" column for Sky & Telescope Magazine, where he is contributing editors He has appeared several times as a guest, and also as guest host, of Neil deGrasse Tyson"s popular podcast and live shows Star Talk and "Star Talk Live".
Grinspoon is also an award-winning musician who has played guitar and composed for many bands.
Currently he is performing with the House Band of the Universe. In 2006, he was awarded the Carl Sagan Medal by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society for excellence in public communication of planetary science.
In 2013, he was invited to give the Carl Sagan Lecture at the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
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He has published two books, Venus Revealed and Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life, the latter of which won the 2004 Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association literary award for nonfiction He is adjunct professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Science at the University of Colorado.
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He is a science team member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astrobiology Institute Titan Team and serves as science Company-Investigator and team lead for Education and Public Outreach for the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Laboratory.
