George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt What Would You Say If An Alien Got In Touch

George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt : What Would You Say If An Alien Got In Touch
ISBN: 9780552559614
Publication Date: 3 May 2010

Following the smash-hit success of George's Secret Key to the Universe comes a second out of this world adventure from Lucy Hawking and Professor Stephen Hawking, the most famous science genius in the Universe! We are going,' said Annie, 'on a great cosmic journey. So listen up, Savers of Planet Earth, and prepare to meet the Universe.'

George's best friend Annie needs help. Her scientist father, Eric, is working on a space project - and it's all going wrong. A robot has landed on Mars, but is behaving very oddly. And now Annie has discovered something wierd on her dad's super-computer.

Is it a message from an alien Could there be life out there How do you find a planet in outer space And if you could talk to aliens, what would you say

About the Authors

In 1963, Stephen Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. From 1979 - 2009, he held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663, and since 2009 he has been director of research in the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science.

Lucy Hawking is the author of two adult novels, and has written for the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, The Times and the Evening Standard and has been a guest presenter and regular contributor on radio.