Marianne J. Dyson

Marianne Jakmides Dyson is a writer of non-fiction books, mostly for children, about space science. She grew up in Canton, Ohio, lives in Houston and has worked for NASA.[1]

Head shot of Marianne J. Dyson

Flight Activities Officer Marianne J. Dyson, a member of the STS-4 Entry Team, on console in Mission Control at Johnson Space Center.

Her book Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall was a Golden Kite Award winner in the year 2000. Her book "Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier" won the American Institute of Physics Science Communications Award in 2004.[2][3] The first book she coauthored with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet, was named a Best STEM book by the National Science Teachers Association.[4]

Bibliography

• Fireworks in Orbit (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1990)
• The Critical Factor (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1992)
• The Shape of Things to Come (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1996)
• Finding Homework Help On The Internet (Scholastic, 2000)
• Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier, ed. Jennifer Emmett (National Geographic, 2003)
• The Space Explorer's Guide to Out-Of-This-World Science with Hena Khan (2004)[5]
• The Space Explorer's Guide to Stars and Galaxies (Scholastic, 2004)
• Space Station Science: Life In Free Fall foreword by Buzz Aldrin (Scholastic, 1999, 2nd ed. Windward, 2004)
• Twentieth-century Space And Astronomy: A History of Notable Research And Discovery,ed. William J. Cannon (Facts On File, 2007)
• Fly Me To The Moon (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2010)
• Dyson's Space Poems (2011)
• The Right Path and Zeus's Eagle (2011)
• Science Fiction Versus the Real Thing: What I learned on NASA's Vomit Comet (2012)
• The Callahan Kids: Tales of Life on Mars (Marianne J. Dyson, contributor) (2013)
• Fly Me to the Moon and Other Stories (2015)
• Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet by Buzz Aldrin and Marianne J. Dyson (National Geographic, 2015)
• Dyson, Marianne J. (2015). A passion for space: adventures of a pioneering female NASA Flight Controller. Springer. Bibcode:2016psap.book.....D.
• Dyson, Marianne (Jan–Feb 2015). "Space bugs". Probability Zero. Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (1&2): 64–65.
• "To the Moon and Back: My Apollo 11 Adventure" by Buzz Aldrin and Marianne J. Dyson with art by Bruce Foster (National Geographic, 2018)[6]
• Trajectories (Marianne J. Dyson, contributor), ed. Dave Creek

References

1. Goshay, Charita. "Mission accomplished". Canton Repository. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
2. https://www.aip.org/aip/awards/science-communication/children?page=2 List of AIP Award Winners
3. http://www.iop.org/careers/working-life/profiles/page_57808.html Interview with American Institute of Physics
4. http://www.nsta.org/publications/stembooks/stembooks2017.aspx NSTA Best STEM Book List for 2017
5. "Books by Marianne J. Dyson". goodreads. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
6. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/75933-fall-2018-children-s-sneak-previews.html Publishers Weekly 2018 Fall Preview

External links

• Marianne Dyson's Website
• About Marianne Dyson