Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Author)
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock PhD is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience and demonstrating that you ‘don’t need a brain the size of a small planet’ to understand, participate in and enjoy science.
She studied at Imperial College London, where she obtained her degree in Physics and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. She has spent her career making novel, bespoke instrumentation in both the industrial and academic environments including working on the James Webb Space Telescope and various satellite monitoring climate change.
To further share her passion for science, in 2004 Maggie founded Science Innovation Ltd. Through this company she conducts public engagement activities, sharing her love of space and encouraging underrepresented communities to take up STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. To date Maggie has directly spoken to well over 600,000 people around the world. As well as public speaking she is a Bafta-nominated TV presenter, co-hosting the world’s longest-running science television program The Sky at Night.
She is also an author, and her recent children’s book Am I Made of Stardust? won the Royal Society book prize. Maggie also won the Institute of Physics gold medal for exceptional services to science education and physics communication; she was the President of the British Science Association and is the current Chancellor of the University of Leicester. She 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.
This fantastic, imaginative reference book would be a wonderful resource in the classroom and treasured by any young person with an interest in space
BookTrust
A fun guide to the Solar System
Radio Times
Inspiring... It does exactly what books like this should: answering all the questions readers will have, while inspiring them to future journeys of discovery
LoveReading4Kids, Andrea Reece
<i>Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System</i> makes you feel like you're pottering around the planets in your own spaceship
First News
A fantastic tour, right from the Sun all the way out past Pluto and beyond!
Fun Kids Radio, Science Weekly
The perfect guide to the universe we live in
Primary Times
A cleverly presented and engaging personal tour of the Solar System, <i>Dr Maggie's Grand Tour</i> runs Saturn-sized rings around other children's space books
The School Reading List
Full of facts and illustrations, this is a fascinating tour of the Solar System
Mini Travellers Blog
An inter-stellar and stand-out addition to the world of non-fiction; Dr Maggie is a revelation in the STEM world. A book that will leave its readers informed, inspired, intrigued and itching to find out as much as they can about the wonders of our Solar System and beyond. Many books are being published on the subject but this is absolutely one of the best I've come across for children.
The Reader Teacher
Absorbing, fascinating space science served up in a truly fabulous and enthusiastic way. A nigh-on essential guide for young space fans.
Read it Daddy
If you're going to let anyone take you on a tour of the Solar System, it would be Dr Maggie. A brilliant, eye-catching book whose content you know you can trust
Library Girl and Book Boy
This book breaks down some really complicated science into bitesize chunks that children can process and use. There's beautiful graphics and illustrations aplenty to enhance with is an excellent science book.
A Little But a Lot
The perfect space book to suit the entire family! An inspiring woman full of knowledge ready to ensure there is a new generation of astronauts, scientists and astrophysicists!
My Shelves Are Full
An absolute visual feast
Let Them Be Small
This mind-blowing book invites readers to join BBC presenter and renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE) 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.
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Maggie Aderin-Pocock (Author)
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock PhD is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience and demonstrating that you ‘don’t need a brain the size of a small planet’ to understand, participate in and enjoy science.
She studied at Imperial College London, where she obtained her degree in Physics and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. She has spent her career making novel, bespoke instrumentation in both the industrial and academic environments including working on the James Webb Space Telescope and various satellite monitoring climate change.
To further share her passion for science, in 2004 Maggie founded Science Innovation Ltd. Through this company she conducts public engagement activities, sharing her love of space and encouraging underrepresented communities to take up STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. To date Maggie has directly spoken to well over 600,000 people around the world. As well as public speaking she is a Bafta-nominated TV presenter, co-hosting the world’s longest-running science television program The Sky at Night.
She is also an author, and her recent children’s book Am I Made of Stardust? won the Royal Society book prize. Maggie also won the Institute of Physics gold medal for exceptional services to science education and physics communication; she was the President of the British Science Association and is the current Chancellor of the University of Leicester. She 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.