Peter Riley, Author
Series: The Real Scientist
Imprint: Franklin Watts
Publication date: March 22, 2012
Category: Science: general interest
ISBN: 9781445107295
Discover Space and our Solar System with this book that puts the WOW factor back into science and is packed with investigatations and step-by-step experiments, clearly illustrated with photographs. The book is suitable for young scientists aged 8+.
Peter Riley was a science teacher for 25 years, 17 of them as Head of Science. His first book was published in 1981, and he has been a full-time author since 1996, with over 200 books published for children, students and teachers. He is the winner of the prestigious Schoolbook Award for Science in 2000, as well as being shortlisted for the Aventis Science Prize 2004 and nominated for the Educational Resources Award in 2009.