Lucy Hawking Libros

"Con las aventuras de George y Annie, el prestigioso científico Stephen Hawking y su hija Lucy han conseguido acercar a los pequeños, y no tan pequeños, a las maravillas y los secretos del Universo, y nos han demostrado que la ciencia también puede ser divertida y apasionante. El mayor experimento científico de la historia está en marcha... ¡y George y Annie lo verán desde la primera fila! Acompañarán a Eric, el padre de Annie, que está trabajando en el Centro Europeo de Investigaciones Nucleares, en Suiza. Allí se encuentra el Gran Colisionador de Partículas, capaz de explorar los primeros instantes del Universo: el Big Bang. Científicos de todo el mundo llevan años trabajando en el experimento y nada puede salir mal... ¡hasta que George y Annie descubren que alguien quiere sabotearlo! ¿Llegarán a tiempo para impedirlo?"--Amazon.com

La familia de George es un tanto peculiar: son vegetarianos y evitan cualquier tipo de tecnologia: por eso viven sin television, sin telefono, sin radio y sin ordenador!, por lo que George se ha ganado la fama de 'raro'. Un dia, su cerdito entra en la casa del vecino y George tiene que ir a rescatarlo. Alli conoce a Annie, una nina de su edad un tanto pretenciosa y muy mentirosa y a su padre, Eric. La casa donde viven es un pequeno 'museo de la ciencia', y lo que mas llama la atencion de George es Cosmos, el ordenador, que se presenta a si mismo como 'el mas potente del mundo'. Despues de jurar que usara la ciencia solo para buenos fines, George, de la mano de Cosmos, descubre como se crearon las estrellas.

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?

Apollo is a photographic commemoration of the Apollo lunar missions as seen through the eyes of the astronauts. Each of the surviving 21 astronauts from the Apollo missions has chosen a favorite photograph from his space flight especially for this book. These selections are accompanied by other iconic photographs from the Apollo missions. Bestselling astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy Hawking contribute a foreword on the meaning of the space exploration. July 20, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 . Apollo is the only photographic book on the Apollo missions to be created by NASA, and is the perfect commemorative volume about this epochal program, where legendary achievement was recorded in powerful images.

Embark on a cosmic adventure with George and Annie as they journey through the galaxy, guided by the imaginative storytelling of acclaimed scientist Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy Hawking. This series combines scientific exploration with engaging narratives, making complex concepts accessible and exciting for readers of all ages. Through their travels, the characters encounter various celestial phenomena, fostering curiosity and a love for science.

"A glorious scientific gaze at our world, and the universe beyond in a fact-filled volume that will keep curious kids occupied for ages" - ReadItDaddy blog "An excellent book that will do wonders to raise enthusiasm for science among young and old readers alike" - Jonali Karmakar, Blogger "Despite it's scientific content the essays are written in a very accessible style and the many topics investigated which range from the physical explanations of the universe to earth science to robotics and future predictions. Highly recommended for curious minds from around 10 years upwards" - Sue Warren, Blogger 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? *NOW WITH BRAND NEW CONTENT FOR 2021* Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this beautiful collection of up-to-the-minute essays mind-blowing facts and out-of-this-world colour photographs, by the world's leading scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking himself, curated by the brilliant Lucy Hawking.

When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. Surely now he can return to Earth. But when George touches down, he knows immediately that something is wrong. There's a barren wasteland where his home town used to be, intelligent robots roam the streets, and no one will talk to George about the Earth that he used to know. With the help of an unexpected new friend, can George find out what - or who - is behind this terrible new world, before it's too late?

George and his best friend Annie haven't had any space adventures for a while and they're missing the excitement. But not for long . . . Seriously strange things start happening. Banks are handing out free money; supermarkets can't charge for their produce so people are getting free food; and aircraft are refusing to fly. It looks like the world's biggest and best computers have all been hacked. George and Annie will travel further into space than ever before in order to find out who is behind it.

George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. Includes scientific essays on space related topic and photos. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Everyone talks about how powerful the oceans are, how huge, how mysterious, all those underwater creatures living down there in the deep. But they've got no one to stand up for them! Olivia Alez is loving her life away from the royal palace. Now she isn't a princess anymore she's even more determined to be a science investigator, finding out things about the world around her. When she goes to visit her uncle Cassander for a holiday, she realises there's a huge problem. The oceans are filled with rubbish, and she can't see any fish swimming about. They're nothing like the bright blue seas full of life that she's seen before. When Captain Max and his parrot turn up, Olivia and her best friend Ravi decide that getting on board their pirate ship as they hunt for treasure might be a good way to find out what's going on in the water. But they quickly realise that they've got more to discover than they ever imagined . . .