George and the Big Bang - Couverture rigide

Hawking, Lucy; Hawking, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385611919 ISBN 13 : 9780385611916

Editeur : Doubleday Childrens, 2011

Synopsis

Following the success of GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE and GEORGE'S COSMIC TREASURE HUNT comes a third out of this world adventure from Lucy Hawking and Professor Stephen Hawking, the most famous science genius in the Universe!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

STEPHEN HAWKING is Director of Research at the Institute of Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge; he held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years. He is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein. In 2009 he was awarded the Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour, by President Obama and has also recently been awarded the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science. His adult book A Brief History of Time has been a phenomenal bestseller worldwide and is now available in more than 30 languages.

LUCY HAWKING is the author of two adult novels, and has written for the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, The Times and the Evening Standard and has been a guest presenter and regular contributor on radio.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'Our story begins 13.7 billion years ago . . .'

Travel through the universe with George and discover . . .

How to drive a lunar rover

What to do when you take a trip to Andromeda

How to escape a deadly quantum trap

And what happened just fractions of a second after the BIG BANG

Packed with loads of REAL FACTS about space and the cosmos.

From LUCY HAWKING and STEPHEN HAWKING,

Intergalactic science genius!

Also available: [Thumbnail of GEORGE'S SECRET KEY and GEORGE'S COSMIC TREASURE HUNT]

9780385611916

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www.kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk

www.lucyandstevenhawking.com

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Going back to the beginning of time . . .

One of the biggest science experiments of all time is about to take place - and George and Annie have got front-row seats! Eric, Annie's scientist dad, is heading to the Large Hadron Collider to explore the earliest moments of the Universe - the Big Bang. Armed with his trusty super-computer, Cosmos, nothing can possibly go wrong . . .

. . . until George and Annie discover a fiendish plot to destroy the experiment!

Now George is swept into a terrifying adventure - out to a far-flung galaxy and into the quantum world - while he and Annie race to outwit a sinister group who are bent on the destruction of science. . .

This incredible adventure story includes some of the LATEST scientific theories about time travel and the Big Bang as well as special essays from some of the leading scientists in the world!

PLUS - full-colour photos of real images from space!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday Childrens
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0385611919
• ISBN 13: 9780385611916
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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