UK
Writers and Illustrator
Lucy
and Stephen Hawking, illustrated by Garry Parsons George and the Unbreakable
Code Doubleday
2014 $29.99pb 314pp
ISBN 978 0 8575 3326 5
Themes:
Computers/ Out of this world stories/ Outer space/ Series/ Staying safe
on line/ The Universe
Something
very unusual is happening to the world’s computers. Check-outs don’t work so
supermarkets can’t charge for their food, aircraft are unable to take off and
banks are actually handing out free money.
George and his friend Annie (heroes of the three earlier books by the same
writers) realise that some serious hacking has been going on and decide they
must travel far into deep space to rectify the problems. This is far from a
simple adventure story and is packed with amazing facts and theories about the
beginnings of life on earth/ time in space/ mathematical laws and all written as
an easy to follow and exciting story. This is not surprising when you realise
the writers are Lucy Hawking and her father, Stephen Hawking who is
Director of Research at the Institute of Theoretical Cosmology at the
University of Cambridge. He is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant
theoretical physicists since Einstein.
Year
6 up/ Age 10 up
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