by Dana Mackenzie | Jul 1, 2012 | Books, Events, Santa Cruz
I have some exciting news to pass along about Capitola Book Cafe’s “Survive & Thrive” campaign. As I wrote earlier, they were trying to raise $285,000 by June 30 in order to keep their for-profit business going and also to start a non-profit...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 1, 2012 | Events, Santa Cruz
One of Santa Cruz County’s independent booksellers, the Capitola Book Café, has just launched a fund-raising campaign called Survive & Thrive. Not to put too fine a point on it, they are in danger of going out of business. That’s the...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 21, 2012 | Events, Mathematics, Moon
Eclipses, such as the partial (annular) solar eclipse that was seen in the western U.S. yesterday, are one of my favorite opportunities for participatory science. It’s commonly said that to watch a solar eclipse, you need to look at the image of the sun through...
by Dana Mackenzie | Apr 27, 2012 | Books, Events, Santa Cruz
Just in time for the publication of The Universe in Zero Words, I have dramatically updated the look of my website, and made some changes behind the scenes that should enable me to keep the site up-to-date much more easily. You might notice a small number of posts...
by Dana Mackenzie | Apr 18, 2012 | Books, Events, Mathematics
The publication date for my newest book, The Universe in Zero Words, has now been moved up to April 29 (previously it was scheduled for release in May). As I’m sure you’ve noticed already, this website has lots of information about the book, including some...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 12, 2009 | Books, Events, Moon
A film crew for the History Channel program, “The Universe,” came up to Santa Cruz to interview me for an episode that will appear next fall. It turned out to be quite an adventure, because it was extremely windy! The wind blew their reflector (a piece of...
