Eirik Newth

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Eirik Newth

Eirik Newth (born 1964) is a Norwegian astrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality. He received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the children's book Jakten på sannheten.[1]

He is the son of author and illustrator couple Philip and Mette Newth,[2] and a maternal grandson of writer couple Fridtjof and Lalli Knutsen.[3]

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[edit] Selected works

  • Se opp på vår egen stjernehimmel (1992)
  • Sola – vår egen stjerne (1994)
  • Jakten på sannheten – vitenskapens historie (1996)
  • Tallenes Verden (2002)
  • Neopangea (Science fiction novel, 2006)

[edit] Awards

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/tidligere.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  2. ^ "Eirik Newth" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Eirik_Newth. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
  3. ^ Risa, Gunvor. "Mette Newth". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Mette_Newth/utdypning. Retrieved 7 March 2010. 


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