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Megan Watzke

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Megan Watzke has spent her career sharing the wonders of science with the widest range of audiences possible, including as an author. Her most recent book, "Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe," will be published in November 2017 by Black Dog & Leventhal.


From her role as the press officer for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to her “public science” projects that inject science into daily experiences, she seeks to de-stigmatize science for everyone, but especially for underrepresented groups including women. Her first book, “Your Ticket to the Universe: A Guide to Exploring the Universe,” was co-authored with Kimberly Arcand and published in April 2013 by Smithsonian Books. In fall 2015, two more books that she co-authored will be availabl
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