On this edition of Conversations, Joan Marie Galat talks with host Dan Skinner about “Mortimer: Rat Race to Space.” Galat is an international award-winning author of more than 25 books of both fiction and non-fiction. Her STEM-themed books include “Solve This! Wild and Wacky Challenges for the Genius Engineer in You,” “Dot to Dot in the Sky, Stories of the Aurora,” and “Dark Matters: Nature’s Reaction to Light Pollution.”
Conversations: Joan Marie Galat, "Mortimer - Rat Race to Space"
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