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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Children, Children 9-12 Years, Children's Non-Fiction, International Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780552559621
Published: October 2012
Page Extent: 352
Format: Paperback
RRP 215.00

George and the Big Bang

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About the book

Meet George. He's an ordinary boy with an incredible secret - the power to go on intergalactic adventures!

Join him as he battles a sinister rebel-scientist, who's hell bent on sabotaging the most exciting - and dangerous - experiment of the century.

A deadly bomb is ticking. The whole world is watching. Can George stop the second big bang?

Featuring the latest scientific theories - plus all-new content about the Higgs boson!

About the Author

Lucy Hawking

Lucy Hawking

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.

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Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world’s greatest thinkers. He held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years 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, The Grand Design, and Black Holes: The BBC Reith Lectures.
He died on 14 March, 2018.

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