Jaime Green "The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos", Dr. Rita Ali We2Matter.org

Jaime Green is a science writer, essayist, editor, and teacher, and she is series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. Her writing has appeared in Slate, Popular Science, The New York Times Book Review, American Theatre, Catapult, Astrobites, and elsewhere. In her book The Possibility of Life, acclaimed science journalist Jaime Green traces the history of our understanding, from the days of Galileo and Copernicus to our contemporary quest for exoplanets. Along the way, she interweaves insights from science fiction writers who construct worlds that in turn inspire scientists. https://www.jaimegreen.net/Dr. Rita Ali is the author of Triple Jeopardy, Three Strikes But Not Out and founder of WE 2 MATTER, a nonprofit organization. Dr. Rita Ali has a doctorate in Business Administration and is a certified CFI Life Coach. Dr. Ali formerly served a 9-year commission in which she was appointed by two Pennsylvania Governors. She was a successful entrepreneur, also an assistant director of a private religious institution. Despite pleading innocent to a crime that she did not commit, Dr. Ali was convicted, served time in prison and on probation. https://we2matter.org/