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First Names: Albert (Einstein)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title First Names: Albert (Einstein)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Haydn Kaye
Illustrated by Mike Smith
SeriesFirst Names
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781788450775
ClassificationsDewey:530.092
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher David Fickling Books
Imprint David Fickling Books
Publication Date 6 May 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Meet ALBERT Einstein, the famous physicist who's probably the most intelligent man ever to have lived! His theories changed the way we think about space and time, and accidentally drew him into a dark discovery: the atomic bomb. Find out: - Why he was nicknamed the Dopey One, - Why the Nobel team didn't want him to win their Physics prize - And why his brain was pickled! Get to know ALBERT on First Name terms.

Author Biography

Haydn Kaye studied history at Oxford University, and has taught and written about historical subjects ranging from the pyramids to the Olympics. Mike Smith won the 2010 Macmillan Prize for children's book illustration, and graduated with an MA in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art in 2011. He has created picture books and comic strips for The Phoenix comic, as well as a diary-comic blog, for many years.

Reviews

Fun, fact-packed . . . Brilliantly entertaining * National Geographic Kids, praise for First Names * Exciting and original * Lancashire Post, praise for First Names * Topical and timeless * Comics Review, praise for First Names * An excellent series...children will be encouraged to be aspirational * Parents in Touch, praise for First Names *