Dixon, Ken

Ken Dixon is enjoying his twilight years. He plays tennis to keep his body from turning to slush and dabbles in chess, backgammon, astronomy, and writing to keep his mind from turning to mush. Occasionally he worries about such things as the dismal state of science education in North America, something that prompted him to write Adventures in the Science of Cosmology for young teens. If this book stimulates a few young minds toward a career in science, it will have served its purpose. Ken earned a BASc in metallurgical engineering from the University of Toronto. In his retirement years, he pur...