Science Writing

Sandy has served as a science speaker since a 1996 science fiction "Shore Leave" convention, and has spoken for a variety of K12 school classrooms. Having finished his PhD in 2005, Sandy is current enjoying a post-doctoral position in solar physics.

Current Projects

  • Is Pluto a Planet?
  • Is there Life in Space?
  • How Big is the Universe?

Projects

  • "Is Pluto a Planet?" A talk on the recent Pluto controversy, and an exploration of our solar system.
  • "Is there Life in Space?" A talk on astronomy, recent discoveries in the solar system, and some sci-fi speculation on possibilities
  • "How Big is the Universe?" A talk quickly covering all of modern astrophysics
  • NCiS.ppt, a powerpoint presentation of an earlier talk (email if you wish rights to use it in your classroom!)