Eirik Newth Explained

Eirik Newth
Birth Date:	17 August 1964
Birth Place:	Bergen, Norway
Nationality:	Norwegian
Occupation:	astrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality.

Eirik Newth (born 17 August 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]

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)

Awards

• Brage Prize 1996

External links

• Personal blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen. Norwegian. 2008-10-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080610082646/http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/tidligere.shtml. 2008-06-10.
2. Encyclopedia: Eirik Newth . . . Oslo . Norwegian . 10 March 2010.
3. Encyclopedia: Mette Newth . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Gunvor . Risa . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 7 March 2010.