Mark Wolverton was a science journalist, author, and 2016-17 Knight-MIT Science Journalism Fellow. He wrote for various national and international publications including WIRED, Nature, Undark, Scientific American, and Air & Space Smithsonian and also worked with the NASA Ames History Project, Argonne National Laboratory, the Franklin Institute, and the NASA ISS Science Office. Mark was a member of the Authors Guild, the National Association of Science Writers and the Pen & Pencil Club of Philadephia. His last book was "Splinters of Infinity: Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists over the Secrets of Creation". Previous titles included "Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space"; "Nuclear Weapons"; "A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer"; "The Depths of Space: The Story of the Pioneer Planetary Probes"; and "The Science of Superman." He lived near Philadelphia.