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“Kinship and Scholarship: A Librarian and Scholar Find Books and Each Other”, an article by Jason Steinhauer

January 5, 2015 By David

David Grinspoon and Peg CliftonDavid and science librarian Margret “Peg” Clifton form a unique friendship at the Library of Congress.

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David’s take on Interstellar, in an interview with David Corn of “Inquiring Minds” Podcast

November 10, 2014 By David

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David’s TEDx talk is now available!

October 5, 2014 By David

David discusses the Earth as being a living system, examining it through its history and how life and humans have shaped and changed Earth’s appearance over time, in a TEDx talk titled “Terra Sapiens: Planetary Changes of the fourth kind”.

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MUMBAI! Please join us for a special event (September 23rd, 2014) discussing two exciting Mars missions about to enter Martian orbit: NASA’s MAVEN and ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft. David will be a guest speaker connecting virtually!

September 16, 2014 By David

MARS

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Join David for his lecture in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday Sept. 15th, at an event titled: Planetary Changes from Deep Time to the 4th Kind! Click me for more information.

September 12, 2014 By David

Also check out the facebook event page!

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CLICK HERE FOR THE PROGRAM! –> PlanetsLifeHumans_Fall2014_Program_Official

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David talks about Venus today at the European Planetary Science Congress in Portugal!

September 12, 2014 By David

Click here for David’s abstract!

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EVENT IN DC! Monday August 25th 1-3pm EST: NASA’S NEW HORIZONS PLUTO MISSION. Not in DC? Click on me for information on how to stream the event!

August 22, 2014 By David

The 1-2 p.m. event will feature a panel discussion with:

  • Jim Green, director, NASA’s Planetary Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
  • Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  • Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado

The 2-3 p.m. event will include several New Horizons science team members giving personal accounts of their work during the Voyager Neptune encounter and their new assignments on the Pluto mission. Panel participants include:

  • Moderator: David Grinspoon, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona
  • Fran Bagenal, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Bonnie Buratti, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
  • Jeffrey Moore, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
  • John Spencer, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado

New Horizons Panel Event!

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Recent Posts

  • Astrobiological view might help us save planet: Nice write up of EARTH IN HUMAN HANDS in the Register Guard.
  • David Grinspoon interviewed about Earth in Human Hands for “How on Earth”
  • Glowing Review of EARTH IN HUMAN HANDS in Astronomy Magazine
  • Welcome to Terra Sapiens: Aeon Publishes an Excerpt of Earth in Human Hands
  • Snarky critique of my Aeon Piece demonstrates one of my points:
  • Earth in Human Hands in TED.com list of “Books to Make you Feel Hopeful”
  • New NPR piece I published (on the 13.7 blog)
  • 5280 Magazine Interview with David Grinspoon about EARTH IN HUMAN HANDS
  • Nature Magazine reviews EARTH IN HUMAN HANDS

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