[meteorite-list] NPA 1-25-1987 Professor (Siperia) hopes to star as author
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 17 09:49:45 2005 Message-ID: <BAY104-F2446A8DF2BC9CD98D5695FB35F0_at_phx.gbl> Paper: Daily Herald City: Chicago, Illinois Date: Sunday, January 25, 1987 Page: Section 5, Page 1 Professor hopes to star as author BY JIM LUNDIN Daily Herald correspondent A college professor who, 28 years ago, became interested in astronomy after reading All About Stars, by Patrick Moore, is now hoping to catch the imagination of young children by writing books of his own. Paul P. Sipiera, an assistant professor of Harper College, has written a series of books for Children Press, of Chicago, titled I Can Be a ... The subjects Sipiera has covered thus far include astronomy, geology and oceanography. His books on astronomy and geology have already been published and the one on oceanography will come out this spring. He was approached to write the books after Fran Dyra, general editor at Children Press, read some of his articles in the Young People Science Encyclopedia where he does technical writing in his space time. "It was just a natural expansion," Sipiera said. "The books are designed to introduce very young children to the sciences in a way that would appear exciting. "It's not so much an overview of science, but how they, as individuals, could become involved in these topics." Sipiera, who is 38, has written more than 50 articles for various science magazines in his short career. His next project, in mid 1987, will move him up to the junior high level where he will write books on meteorites, planets and plate tectonics to name a few. In 1983-84 he spent six weeks in Antarctica, living in a tent and hunting for meteorites with the United States Antarctic Research Program. It was during this trip he found his first meteorite. The space geologist has been at Harper College since 1974 and was instrumental in putting together the current astronomy program. He also teaches through the adult education department at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and participated in research programs through Arizona State University, Northern Illinois University and Argon National Laboratory. Sipiera said he would like to get second graders involved in science saying, "it's a little young to start them, but when you think about it most interests are lifelong, and if you get interested early enough then you really do have a chance to become an astronomer. "So many people today have the idea, 'Well, I'm 22 and I don't know what to do.' Others start out early and carry it through. It's those who start out early who get the head start." (end) Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas http://www.meteoritearticles.com http://www.coinandstampman.com http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com http://www.imca.cc http://stores.ebay.com/meteoritearticles PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those on my website), is available upon e-mail request. The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now. Received on Thu 17 Nov 2005 09:49:42 AM PST |
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