Bonkers Boffins, Inventors & Other Eccentric Eggheads
Author(s): Paul Mason
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 Royals Dastardly Dictators, Rulers & other Loony Leaders Potty Painters, Writers & other Barmy Artists
Product Information
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.
General Fields
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- : Hachette Children's Group
- : Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
- : 0.098
- : 01 October 2014
- : 199mm X 130mm X 9mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Paul Mason
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 609.22
- : 96
- : 80 black and white illustrations