George and the Big Bang
- ISBN-10
- 1442440058
- ISBN-13
- 9781442440050
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 287
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-28
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking
Description
George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie's father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysterious message from George's old nemesis, Reeper, there. Includes scientific essays exploring the latest theories on the origin of the universe.
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