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Andrea Gianopoulos

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.ladyastronomer.com

Twitter

LadyAstronomer

Genre

Science, Reference, History, Children's Books

Member Since

March 2011

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I'm a science writer specializing in astronomy, geology, Earth and planetary science, climate science, ecology, and the environment.

I have authored or co-authored four books and numerous news and feature articles for a wide variety of national and international publishers and organizations including: National Geographic, Scientific American, New Scientist, NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute, Capstone Press, and others. I'm a former associate editor of Astronomy magazine and was editor-in-chief of Astronomy.com.

I also develop multimedia educational tools and programs for museums, and am a consultant with the Space Telescope Science Institute developing ViewSpace programs that are seen in 300+ museums and science centers world wide. ...more

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The Great Spaghetti Harvest of 1957

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Average rating: 4.06 · 372 ratings · 41 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science by John Langone, Bruce Stutz, Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion (Inventions and Discovery series) by Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author), Phil Miller (Illustrator), Charles Barnett III (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space by Linda K. Glover, Andrew Chaikin, Patricia S. Daniels 4.09 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Attractive Story of Magnetism: With Max Axiom Super Scientist by Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author), Cynthia Martin (Illustrator), Barbara Schulz 3.96 avg rating — 50 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hubble Focus: The Dark Universe by Ashley Balzer, Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author) (editor), Kevin Hartnett (editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Große National Geographic Enzyklopädie Weltall by Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author), Andrew Chaikin, Patricia S. Daniels it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graphic Science 4D by Liam O'Donnell (Goodreads Author), Emily Sohn, Agnieszka Biskup it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reshaping Our Cosmic View: Hubble Science Highlights really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Historia Atractiva del Magnetismo Con Max Axiom, Supercientifico (Graphic Library En Espanol: Ciencia Grafica) by Andrea Gianopoulos (2012-08-06) by Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ciencia gráfica by Tammy Enz, Emily Sohn, Andrea Gianopoulos (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Andrea’s Quotes

“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

tags: life-experience, poetry, self-discovery, wisdom

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“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

tags: science

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“The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

tags: discovery

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