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Cooke, Donald Alan was born on February 3, 1953 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald Ewin and Margaret (Nielson) Cooke.
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Life and Death of Stars
(The Life and Death of Stars presents a coherent picture o...)
The Life and Death of Stars presents a coherent picture of the birth, growth, middle age, and sometimes violent death of stars, showing that these different manifestations represent stars in different stages of their life cycles. This is a drama played out over unimaginable distances, involving esoteric concepts of nuclear chemistry, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Its discovery involved the greatest minds of modern astronomy, years of painstaking accumulation of data, and quick, brilliant leaps of intuition. And it is a story full of import for humanity, because the very elements we and all living entities are made of were created in the fiery deaths of stars that were born and passed away long before our sun was formed. With hundreds of illustrations in full color and black and white, the latest NASA satellite photographs, and unique charts and diagrams prepared especially for this book.
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Donald Alan Cooke
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Donald Alan Cooke, American Educational association administrator, writer. Trustee Episcopal Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania, 1989-1992, Center Philadelphia Development Corporation, since 1992, PRIME, Philadelphia, since 1991. Member American Association Museum, Mayors Cultural Advisory Council, Association Science Technology Center.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Williams College, 1975.
Career
Vice president, Haverford House Publications, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1976-1980; planetarium director, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1981-1984; director development, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1985-1991; vice president external affairs, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1987-1991; acting music director, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1991-1992; executive vice president, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, since 1992.
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Life and Death of Stars
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Life and Death of Stars
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Trustee Episcopal Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania, 1989-1992, Center Philadelphia Development Corporation, since 1992, PRIME, Philadelphia, since 1991. Member American Association Museum, Mayors Cultural Advisory Council, Association Science Technology Center.
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Married Sally Anne Freitas, October 23, 1976. Children: Alexis F., Brittany M.
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1975