Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience and demonstrating that you ‘don’t need a brain the size of a small planet’ to understand, participate in and enjoy science. She currently presents Sky at Night on BBC 4, Mini Stargazing for Cbeebies and is a panellist on Sky One’s successful science quiz show, ‘Ducks Quack Don’t Echo’. She has published two books ‘The Sky at Night’s Book of the Moon’ (BBC Books, 2018) and ‘Dr Maggie’s Grand Tour of the Solar System’ (Michael O’Mara, 2019). Maggie has recently been announced as President of the British Science Association. Maggie studied at Imperial College where she obtained her degree in Physics and her PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
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Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space Scientist and TV Presenter
