Background
Apfel, Necia Halpern was born on July 31, 1930 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Daughter of Simon A. and Sidonia F. (Frank) Halpern.
(The dramatic story of the twelve-year journey of the Voya...)
The dramatic story of the twelve-year journey of the Voyager spacecraft brings our understanding of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune up to date in an easy-to-read text.
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(Describes how nebulae or clouds of dust particles and gas...)
Describes how nebulae or clouds of dust particles and gases in space form from the residue of dying stars and how some nebulae contain matter from which stars are born.
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Apfel, Necia Halpern was born on July 31, 1930 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Daughter of Simon A. and Sidonia F. (Frank) Halpern.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Tufts U., 1952; postgraduate, Radcliffe College, 1952-1953; postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1962-1968.
She has lectured about astronomy to children in the Chicago area and taught courses on the teaching of astronomy at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. She is author of two college textbooks on astronomy and ten books for children. She lives in Highland Park, Illinois.
(Chapters include: Sundials, Telescope-Making, Building a ...)
(The dramatic story of the twelve-year journey of the Voya...)
(Describes how nebulae or clouds of dust particles and gas...)
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Vp. Parent-Teachers Association, Highland Park, Illinois, 1970. Board directors League of Women Voters, Highland Park, 1960.
Married Donald A. Apfel, September 7, 1952 (deceased July 1985). Children: Mimi, Steven.