Barmy Biogs: Bonkers Boffins, Inventors & other Eccentric Eggheads
By (Author) Paul Mason
Hachette Children's Group
Wayland
14th March 2017
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Science and technology
Educational: History
609.22
Paperback
96
Width 130mm, Height 199mm, Spine 9mm
98g
Find out which world-famous inventor's last breath has been captured in a test tube, which boffin loved nothing more than a roasted armadillo for lunch, and which scientist fell in love with a pigeon.
The books in the Barmy Biogs series are full of the facts that history books don't mention about some of the most famously crackpot characters in world history! Read them and history will never be the same again...Other titles in the series: Crackpot Kings, Queens & other Daft RoyalsDastardly Dictators, Rulers & other Loony LeadersPotty Painters, Writers & other Barmy ArtistsFull of the facts that history books don't mention ... history will never be the same again * Parents In Touch *
Children will really enjoy this humorous and light-hearted approach ... They will pick up plenty of useful factual information. * Parents in Touch *
Paul Mason's interest in writing stems from his childhood when he won the Scripture Prize in his last year at Primary School. He now is an experienced freelance writer and editor of a variety of children's information books, with subjects including extreme sports, geography and travel. He has a degree in anthropology, has worked in Turkey and taught English as a foreign language. Paul is a keen sportsman and particularly enjoys surfing, mountain biking and snowboarding.