{"title":"Dana Mackenzie","description":"\u003cp\u003eDANA MACKENZIE holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University and spent more than a decade teaching at Duke University and Kenyon College before transitioning to science writing in the late 1990s. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Why\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMackenzie won the 2015 Chauvenet Prize from the Mathematical Association of America for his article on Apollonian gaskets. He has contributed to \u003cem\u003eScience\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiscover\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDana lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDana Mackenzie’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-big-splat-or-how-our-moon-came-to-be","title":"The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesis\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis lively science history relates one of the great recent breakthroughs in planetary astronomy-a successful theory of the birth of the Moon. Science journalist Dana Mackenzie traces the evolution of this theory, one little known outside the scientific community: a Mars-sized object collided with Earth some four billion years ago, and the remains of this colossal explosion-the Big Splat-came together to form the Moon. Beginning with notions of the Moon in ancient cosmologies, Mackenzie relates the fascinating history of lunar speculation, moving from Galileo and Kepler to George Darwin (son of Charles) and the Apollo astronauts, whose trips to the lunar surface helped solve one of the most enigmatic mysteries of the night sky: who hung the Moon?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDana Mackenzie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Santa Cruz, CA) is a freelance science journalist. His articles have appeared in such magazines as Science, Discover, American Scientist, The Sciences, and New Scientist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007YZP7IE\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471150572\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Dana Mackenzie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40599962058939,"sku":"9780471150572","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780471150572_FChigh_mockup_v2_1623792509_9daaed5a-1749-403a-8153-6cd7d41ac8ae.jpg?v=1790973226"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-dana-mackenzie.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}