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Am I Made of Stardust?
Dr Maggie Answers the Big Questions for Young Scientists (Winner of the Royal Society Young Peopleβs Book Prize 2023)
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Award-winning scientist and BBC broadcaster Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is here to answer all the questions curious kids will ever have about the Universe. How long would it take me to fly to a star? What would happen if I fell inside a black hole? Would...
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Description
Award-winning scientist and BBC broadcaster Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is here to answer all the questions curious kids will ever have about the Universe.
How long would it take me to fly to a star? What would happen if I fell inside a black hole? Would I get a phone signal in space? From whether there are rainbows on other planets to what dinner tastes like on the International Space Station, this book is packed full of fabulous facts, mind-blowing insights and engaging explanations from the renowned space scientist.
Written in Dr Maggieβs fun, accessible style, and featuring out-of-this-world illustrations throughout, itβs guaranteed to bring the wonders of space and science to life for young readers.
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Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System β 9781780555751
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781916763210
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Buster Books
Illustration: Full colour
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Chelen Ecija
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 189.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 518g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience and demonstrating that you βdonβt need a brain the size of a small planetβ to understand, participate in and enjoy science.
Maggie is committed to inspiring new generations of astronauts, engineers and scientists through her 'Tours of the Universe'. She shares the wonders of space, and has given these talks to over 60,000 people across the globe. Her programme Do We Really Need the Moon? (BBC 2), which explored our intimate relationship with the moon, showed just that. The programme earned Maggie the Talkback Thames new talent award at the prestigious Women in Film and TV Awards in December 2011. She went on to present a follow up Do We Really Need Satellites? (also BBC 2) and was one of the Scientists on Channel 4βs Brave New World as well as regular stints on The One Show. She is currently presenting the new series of TheSky At Night on BBC 4 and Mini Stargazing for CBeebies. In 2009, Maggie was appointed an MBE for her services to science and education.
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