Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Chelen Ecija
Price: £10.99
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 26/09/2024
ISBN: 9781916763203
Age: 9-11 years
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Binding: Paperback
Size: 246 X 189 mm
Extent: 128 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 05/09/2019
ISBN: 9781780555751
Age: 9-11 years
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Binding: Hardback
Size: 246 x 189 mm
Extent: 128 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)
Imprint: Buster Books
Publication date: 05/09/2019
ISBN: 9781780555768
Age: 9-11 years
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Buster Reference
Size: Print Replica (Amazon Ebook)
Extent: 128 pages
Illustration: Full colour
Territorial Rights: World ex EU
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Enquire nowDame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a pioneering figure in communicating science to the public, specifically school children, and also runs her own company, Science Innovation Ltd, which engages children and adults all over the world with the wonders of space science
The text addresses the reader throughout, so they feel they are on a real-life tour with Maggie. The text is full of relatable comparisons and sensory descriptions to make the reader feel as though they are physically on each planet. We also explore particular highlights of each planet in detail
There is a database section at the back of the book, featuring contextual information and extra explanation about things the reader encounters on the tour. The reader is encouraged to use the database throughout, so it feels like an interactive part of the journey. This paperback edition also features a brand-new quiz at the back of the book, so readers can put their space knowledge to the test
The combination of beautiful, dramatic illustrations and stunning NASA photos gives the book a unique look
Published for the first time in paperback, the hardback edition of this book was published in 2019 to rave reviews, is a BookTrust Pick, and has sold over 60,000 copies in the English language
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.
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.
