Dr Karl's Collection of Great Australian Facts and Firsts

Description

In the Great Australian Facts & Firsts series Dr Karl gives us quirky, factual details about nature, science and people. Dr Karl rampages on, doing what he does best ?riting about scientific discovery and endeavours from an expert point of view. the ability to popularise science and clarify scientific jargon is what gives this author best-selling status. And he doesn\'9291t just let us in on the facts behind the success stories ?e sometimes lets us in on the disasters. these books are wonderful for children ?hey contain great stories and give invaluable information to use in school!

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM just loves science to pieces, and has been spreading the word in print, on TV and radio and online for more than thirty years. The author of 47 books, Dr Karl is a lifetime student with degrees in physics and mathematics, biomedical engineering, medicine and surgery. He has worked as a physicist, labourer, roadie for bands, car mechanic, filmmaker, biomedical engineer, taxi driver, TV weatherman, and medical doctor at the Children's Hospital in Sydney. Since 1995, Dr Karl has been the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney. In 2019 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science, of which previous recipients include Margaret Mead, David Attenborough, Bertrand Russell and David Suzuki.