George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking
George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
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EAN: 9780385611909
Format: Hardback
Published: 2 Apr 2009

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Synopsis

'We are going,' said Annie, 'on a great cosmic journey. So listen up, Savers of Planet Earth, and prepare to meet the Universe.'

George's best friend Annie needs help. Her scientist father, Eric, is working on a space project - and it's all going wrong. A robot has landed on Mars, but is behaving very oddly. And now Annie has discovered something wierd on her dad's super-computer.

Is it a message from an alien? Could there be life out there? How do you find a planet in outer space? And if you could talk to aliens, what would you say?

What the critics say

Following the smash-hit success of the book George's Secret Key to the Universe, comes a second out-of-this- world adventure by Lucy and Stephen Hawkins. The gripping and funny adventure is interspersed with fascinating scientific facts about our universe, the planets in our solar system and beyond.
- Ilford Recorder

This is qnother roller-coaster ride in space for yound George and his friend Annie, from Lucy and Stephen Hawking, the father and daughter partnership who brought us the hugely successful George's Secret Key to the Universe. One again the story is packed with real scientific facts about the universe cleverly interwoven to make it easier for young minds to comprehend. The book also includes stand-alone factual snippets about manned space flight and lots more to keep the average nine-year-old interested.
- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph

Not only is it a brilliant adventure story I didn't want to put down, but I learnt lots of scientific facts about the universe and enjoyed looking at the colour photos taken in space, too.
- Sebastian Westwood, 8 years old, First News

This book is a curious hybrid between an information book and a storybook, with both the characters and the plot subordinate to the authors' educational aims. It is speculative fiction at its mot grounded, resulting in a book that is worthy but unspectacular.
- Helen Power, INIS

...an effective marriage of story and facts about the cosmics.
- Junior Education Plus

The Author

Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking

Stephen Hawking

In 1963, Stephen Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. From 1979 - 2009, he held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663, and since 2009 he has been director of research in the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science.

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.