'If you find a writer whose style simply draws you along and compels you to keep reading, despite the subject matter, then you never know what unexpected worlds of knowledge may unfold for you. Such an author is Piers Bizony; science journalist and space historian.'
Evening Standard
Piers Bizony has written widely about science, film, history and space. His books include The Man Who Ran the Moon tells the story of James E. Webb, the brilliant yet controversial administrator who led NASA as it reached for the moon, and Atom, a tie-in book to a major BBC series, about the ideas and personalities that shaped modern quantum theory.
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Boldly going where no book has gone before, this is an exhilarating exploration of the coming reality of personal space travel – for anyone who wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up
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Boldly going where no pop-sci book has gone before, this is an exhilarating exploration of the coming reality of personal space travel – for anyone who wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up
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Piers Bizony will be speaking at the Guardian Hay Festival, Sony Screen, Hay-on-Wye, Wales.