Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Author)Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock PhD is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science and demonstrating that you ‘don’t need a brain the size of a small planet’ to understand science. She has a degree in Physics and a PhD. in Mechanical Engineering. To further share her passion for science, in 2004 Maggie founded Science Innovation Ltd. She is a BAFTA-nominated TV presenter, co-hosting the world’s longest-running science television program The Sky at Night. Maggie also won the Institute of Physics gold medal for exceptional services to science education and physics communication and was made a Dame in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list.
Chelen Ecija (Author)
Chelen is an illustrator and a lettering artist based in Madrid, Spain. Painting and lettering are her passions and playing with letterpress type is her hobby. She is also addicted to travelling, eating sunflower seeds and buying new books. She has worked for numerous publishers including Penguin Random House, Scholastic and Hachette.
Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System
This mind-blowing book invites readers to join BBC presenter and renowned space scientist Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock on an epic journey through the Solar System – visiting planets, moons, asteroids and satellites, and travelling to places where no human has been before.
Along the way, kids can discover how we could live on Mars, learn about the hunt for a mysterious super-Earth, have a snowball fight on Mercury, climb the tallest mountain in the Solar System and much, much more. From spotting solar flares on the Sun to exploring objects at the edge of the icy Oort Cloud, this fun, action-packed title leaves no question unanswered and no meteorite unturned.
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Am I Made of Stardust? – 9781916763210
This mind-blowing book invites readers to join BBC presenter and renowned space scientist Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock on an epic journey through the Solar System – visiting planets, moons, asteroids and satellites, and travelling to places where no human has been before.
Along the way, kids can discover how we could live on Mars, learn about the hunt for a mysterious super-Earth, have a snowball fight on Mercury, climb the tallest mountain in the Solar System and much, much more. From spotting solar flares on the Sun to exploring objects at the edge of the icy Oort Cloud, this fun, action-packed title leaves no question unanswered and no meteorite unturned.
Also Available:
Am I Made of Stardust? – 9781916763210
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Author)Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock PhD is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science and demonstrating that you ‘don’t need a brain the size of a small planet’ to understand science. She has a degree in Physics and a PhD. in Mechanical Engineering. To further share her passion for science, in 2004 Maggie founded Science Innovation Ltd. She is a BAFTA-nominated TV presenter, co-hosting the world’s longest-running science television program The Sky at Night. Maggie also won the Institute of Physics gold medal for exceptional services to science education and physics communication and was made a Dame in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list.
Chelen Ecija (Author)
Chelen is an illustrator and a lettering artist based in Madrid, Spain. Painting and lettering are her passions and playing with letterpress type is her hobby. She is also addicted to travelling, eating sunflower seeds and buying new books. She has worked for numerous publishers including Penguin Random House, Scholastic and Hachette.