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George's Secret Key to the Universe

George's Secret Key to the Universe
Illustrated by: Garry Parsons
This edition: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Ages: 8 and up
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In their bestselling book for young readers, noted physicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy, provide a grand and funny adventure that explains fascinating information about our universe, including Dr. Hawking's latest ideas about black holes. It's the story of George, who's taken through the vastness of space by a scientist, his daughter, and their super-computer named Cosmos. George's Secret Key to the Universe was a New York Times bestseller and a selection of Al's Book Club on the Today show.

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Examiner.com, March 27, 2009
...Cosmic Treasure Hunt, aimed for readers ages 9-12, is the second of a planned trilogy that began with George?s Secret Key to the Universe, released in October 2007. The second Hawking-Hawking kid-lit collaboration picks up the life of young ...