George's Secret Key to the Universe

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No mother called out of the back door to bring people in for supper. He waded through great banks of brambles, which grabbed at his clothes and scratched his bare skin.

Stephen Hawking may be a genius at physics, but he has a lot to learn about children's books. It starts by describing atoms, stars, planets and their moons. While the boy travels in space and solves a mystery, readers learn many facts about science.

George's Secret Key to the Universe

George, whose parents shun all technology even light bulbs! Known as Cosmos, it can open doorways to space and other planets. But George's sinister teacher seems to have an unusual interest in finding out more. Interspersed with the story are nonfiction sections with information about -- and photographs of -- planets, stars, and other celestial objects, including the author's latest theories about black holes. Stephen Hawking may be a genius at physics, but he has a lot to learn about children's books. GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE is an example of what you get when someone decides to write for children because, after all, how hard can it be? It also exemplifies the dangers of trying to combine teaching with storytelling: What you often end up with is a preachy, didactic story told in a condescending tone with stereotypical characters and a plot that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The nonfiction parts are fine: good information, clearly told, with some spectacular photos. But surprisingly, much of the fictional story isn't scientifically accurate. This might be forgivable in straight sci-fi or fantasy though even there kids like to have things make sense , but in a book that purports to teach the basics of astronomy and physics, it's just confusing -- how are young readers to know what's true, what's theoretical, and what's just plain nonsense? How can you tell the difference? Why does the author mix them up? Also, why would a famous scientist like Stephen Hawking write a book like this? Why didn't he make the fiction part scientifically accurate, too?

Chapter 14 Their comet was being hit by hundreds of asteroids. The house has been empty ever since and no one has ever seen him again. «Щоб відчинити двері до Всесвіту й допомогти Землі, ви не мусите шукати таємного ключа. In 1963, Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. He threw in a few experimental oinks, just to make it sound as though everything was business as usual, here in the small backyard that was full of many, many vegetables and one enormous—but now mysteriously absent—pig. But when George befriends them and Cosmos, their super-computer, he finds himself on a wildly fun adventure, while learning about physics, time, and the universe. The authors handily explore a range of themes, among them, the moral responsibilities of science, global warming and space colonization.