Scientists and Their Mind-Blowing Experiments (Dead Famous) [Paperback]

Mike Goldsmith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 2003 | Series: Dead Famous

You've probably heard of a few scientists. - Galileo Galilei and his telescope - Isaac Newton and his apple - Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. But have you heard that. - Galileo was sentenced to life in prison for his shocking ideas about the solar system - Newton wasn't all that keen on science - sometimes it got on his nerves - Darwin wrote a book about his pet worms? Yes, even though they're dead, scientists are still full of surprises - and the nine in this book are more surprising than most. Now you can get the inside story from their lost notebooks, read the news reports as their breakthroughs hit the headlines, and find out all about the mind-blowing experiments! Dead Funny ~ Dead Gripping ~ Dead Famous

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Hippo/Scholastic (October 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439982286
• ISBN-13: 978-0439982283
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,009,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Clive Goddard didn't know he was a writer until this book happened. He thought he was a cartoonist. It was probably all those years spent illustrating 'Horrible' books for Scholastic that gave him this idea.

Fintan Fedora (The World's Worst Explorer) is his first work of children's fiction, partly inspired by his own love of travel and disastrous experiences. (ie. Being chased by an angry ostrich in Swaziland, having his rucksack soaked by a leaky toilet in Holland, getting heatstroke in Namibia, food poisoning in Thailand and being robbed in China.)

Clive splits his time between Oxford, UK and Denver, US where he draws, writes and practices sleeping for long periods of time. He is yet to win either The Booker or The Pulitzer prize but has a Blue Peter badge for colouring-in.