Ken Croswell Explained

Ken Croswell is an American astronomer and writer. His first degree, from Washington University in St. Louis, mixed science and wider interests, majoring in physics and minoring in English literature. He also got a PhD in astronomy from Harvard University for studying the Milky Way's halo.

He is primarily known as a writer on astronomy and space topics. He has written regularly the New Scientist, New York Times and various magazines in the popular science press. He is also the author of six books on astronomy, including The Alchemy of the Heavens^[1] and Planet Quest,^[2] and often reports on the radio program the John Batchelor Show.

Publications

Books

• Book: Croswell, Ken . The alchemy of the heavens : searching for meaning in the Milky Way . registration . 1995 . New York . Anchor Books. 978-0-385-47213-5 .
• Book: Croswell, Ken . 1 . Planet quest : the epic discovery of alien solar systems. 1999 . Oxford University Press.

Essays and reporting

• Croswell, Ken . April 2013 . Unravelling a Magellanic mystery . . 308 . 4 . 8 . 10.1038/scientificamerican0413-16 . 23539779 . 2013SciAm.308d..16C . 2015-04-27.
• Croswell, Ken . 1 . April 2013 . Wanted : new worlds beyond Pluto . . 308 . 4 . 13 . 10.1038/scientificamerican0413-25a . 2013SciAm.308d..25C . 2015-04-28.
• Croswell, Ken . 1 . May 2013 . Tadpoles in space . Advances. Astronomy . . 308 . 5 . 12 . 10.1038/scientificamerican0513-19 . 23627208 . 2013SciAm.308e..19C . 2016-01-28. ^[3]

Notes and References

1. Reviews of The Alchemy and the Heavens:
   • Web site: Dembart . Lee . 1995-06-06 . Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Galaxy . 2024-03-23 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
   • News: Gingerich . Owen . 1995-05-07 . Starstruck . The New York Times.
   • THE ALCHEMY OF THE HEAVENS: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way . 1995-03-01 . Kirkus Reviews.
   • Web site: Muir . Hazel . Tales from the spiral galaxy . 2024-03-23 . New Scientist . en-US.
2. Reviews of Planet Quest:
   • Durant . John . 1997-10-26 . Anybody Home? . The New York Times.
   • 1997-07-15 . Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems . Kirkus Reviews.
   • Trefil . James . Winter 1998 . Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems . The Wilson Quarterly . 22 . 1 . 103 . .
   • Hughes . David W. . 1998-02-12 . Wobbly pursuit of extrasolar planets . Nature . en . 391 . 6668 . 651–652 . 10.1038/35539 . 1476-4687.
3. Scientific American often changes the title of a print article when it is published online. This article is titled "'Tadpole' Galaxies Offer Snapshots of the Milky Way’s Youth" online.