Unlocking the Universe

Author(s): Stephen Hawking; Lucy Hawking

Science

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 by the world's leading scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking himself, plus mind-blowing facts and out-of-this-world colour photographs.

Stephen and Lucy's series of children's books was a global hit. George's stories are punctuated with fascinating real-life facts and insights and for the first time, this incredible non-content has been collected into one bumper volume. With this breadth of incredible information, plus brand new content for 2019 from key scientific figures, Unlocking the Universe is the ultimate handbook for every young scientist.

General Information

  • : 9780241415320
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Puffin
  • : December 2019
  • : ---length:- '24'width:- '15.6'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Stephen Hawking; Lucy Hawking
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : 523.1
  • : 432

More About The Product

From the brilliant Lucy Hawking and her father, the world's most beloved scientist Professor Stephen Hawking, comes the ultimate children's guide to the universe.

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.