How to Win a Nobel Prize: Shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize - Softcover

Marshall, Prof. Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786075245 ISBN 13: 9781786075246

Publisher: Rock the Boat, 2019

Synopsis

A time-travelling adventure for budding young scientists

Mary has always wanted to win a Nobel Prize and loves running her own science experiments at home.

One day Mary stumbles on a secret meeting of Nobel Prize winners. Dr Barry Marshall agrees to travel with her through time to learn the secrets behind some of the most fascinating and important scientific discoveries. They talk time and space with Albert Einstein, radiation with Marie Curie, DNA with Crick, Watson and Wilkins and much more.

Featuring famous Nobel prize-winners: Albert Einstein Marie Curie Guglielmo Marconi Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins Alexander Fleming Tu Youyou Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Gertrude Elion Norman Borlaug Rita Levi-Montalcini Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Fering Barry Marshall and Robin Warren

About this title

Review:

‘A fascinating whistle-stop tour of the lives and accomplishments of eleven Nobel prize-winners.'

(School Librarian)

'Delightful.'

(Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell)

'How to Win a Nobel Prize does a superb job of telling the fascinating stories behind many different Nobel prize winners. It is a fantastic journey through time with Mary and Barry, meeting amazing scientists past and present. I especially enjoyed the many experiments you can try yourself that fit the theme of each prize winner.'

(Dominic Walliman, author of Professor Astro Cat's Atomic Adventure)

 ‘A recommended read for science fans – and future Nobel prize-winners – aged 8 and over.’

(Armadillo Magazine)

About the Author:

DR BARRY MARSHALL won the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine, with Robin Warren, for discovering that stomach ulcers can be caused by bacteria and can be treated with antibiotics. He experimented on himself to prove their theory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rock the Boat
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1786075245
• ISBN 13: 9781786075246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Illustrator: Caleo Bernard