NEWTON’S DARK SECRETS AIRING ON PBS NOVEMBER 15, 2005

Who Am I?

For ages 12 and older. Learning More Newton has often been called the father Career Ideas for Kids Who of physics because his fundamental Like Science investigations into motion and gravity by Diane Lindsey Reeves. became the foundation of our Facts on File, 1998. knowledge of the physical world. Describes 15 science careers and provides Today’s physicists are much more likely advice on choosing a career direction. to specialize in a main area of interest. Scientist 2: ______Match three of the present-day 145 Things to Be When Born in France and raised in Germany scientists below to their descriptions, You Grow Up and California, this scientist already had and then see if you can answer the by Jodi Weiss and Russell Kahn. a successful career in journalism when question about each scientist. Random House, 2004. she returned to school to earn a Ph.D. Profi les 145 professions and offers inform- Jocelyn Bell Burnell in physics. She helped develop satellites ation on high school activities, college France Anne Cordova such as the X-ray Multi-Mirror Satellite majors, and work experience that will Alan Guth observatory, known as the XMM- help students achieve their career goals. Stephen Hawking Newton. She has written more than Roscoe L. Koontz 100 scientifi c papers. She is currently NASA Quest’s Biography Vera Cooper Rubin chancellor of the University of and Journal Locator Jill Tarter California at Riverside. She was the questdb.arc.nasa.gov/bio_search.htm Neil deGrasse Tyson youngest person—and fi rst woman— Choose job titles or occupations from a list to hold a prestigious NASA position. and search for biographies and journals of current NASA employees. Scientist 1:______What was the position? This astrophysicist was born on January Vocational Information Center 8, 1942, in Oxford, England. He likes www.khake.com/index.html to think big. He works as a cosmologist, Includes information such as daily a person who studies the origin, present activities, skill requirements, and salary state, and future of the universe. One of and training required for a variety of his greatest contributions has been in science and engineering jobs. the understanding of black holes, which are objects that have such a strong gravitational pull that not even light can escape from them. But even famous Scientist 3: ______scientists sometimes make mistakes. Born in The Bronx, New York, in 1959, What famous error did this scientist this scientist’s current work focuses declare in 2004? primarily on dwarf galaxies and the bulge at the center of the Milky Way. This scientist’s sixth-grade homeroom teacher wrote of him: “Less social involvement and more academic

diligence is in order.” In 1996, he

He looked up at the moon through a pair of binoculars. of pair a through moon the at up looked He

Neil deGrasse Tyson (1959–) Tyson deGrasse Neil became the youngest-ever director 3: Scientist

of the world-class Hayden Planetarium 1993–1996. from Scientist Chief NASA as served She

France Anne Cordova (1947–) Cordova Anne France

in New York City. What inspired this 2: Scientist scientist when he was a young boy that all. after lost really isn’t hole black a

caused him to want to pursue a space in up swallowed matter about information wrong—that He conceded his original thinking about black holes was was holes black about thinking original his conceded He

Stephen Hawking (1942–) Hawking Stephen science career? 1: Scientist

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