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Unlocking the Universe

Hardback

Main Details

Title Unlocking the Universe
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stephen Hawking
By (author) Lucy Hawking
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 162
ISBN/Barcode 9780241415320
ClassificationsDewey:523.1
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Puffin
Publication Date 9 January 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The ultimate children's guide to the universe. Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon - or even on Mars? What would you do if you could travel through space and time? Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this beautiful collection of up-to-the-minute essays mind-blowing facts and out-of-this-world colour photographs, by the world's leading scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking himself, curated by the brilliant Lucy Hawking.

Author Biography

Stephen Hawking (Author) STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist, generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and is the author of A Brief History of Time which was an international bestseller. His other books for the general reader include A Briefer History of Time, the essay collection Black Holes and Baby Universe, The Universe in a Nutshell, and Brief Answers to the Big Questions. He died on 14 March, 2018. Lucy Hawking (Author) LUCY HAWKING is a children's writer, the co-creator of non-fiction compendium Unlocking the Universe and the George fiction series, with her father Stephen Hawking. Lucy is a former journalist, having written widely for British newspapers, and she gives regular talks about science and stories to audiences all over the world.