Meet Astronomer Heidi Hammel in Newsweek

I’ve blog-bragged about my books before, but this is special. In 2005, I published a young readers’ biography of a terrific astronomer, Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel.

She is featured in a Newsweek article for November 26.

For the full article, click here.

Here’s the headline info:

WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP
To Shoot for the Stars

Astronomer Heidi Hammel keeps her eyes on the skies, where the universe is always full of surprises.
By Barbara Kantrowitz | NEWSWEEK
Nov 26, 2007 Issue

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