Eirik Newth (born 17 August 1964) is a Norwegian astrophysicist, writer of

popular science Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written ...

for children, and media personality. He received the

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Pr ...

in 1996 for the children's book ''Jakten på sannheten''. He is the son of author and illustrator couple

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

and Mette Newth, and a maternal grandson of writer couple Fridtjof and Lalli Knutsen.

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

1996

External links

Personal blog

References

Norwegian people of English descent 1964 births Living people Norwegian astronomers Norwegian children's writers Norwegian science writers University of Oslo alumni People from Bærum {{Norway-scientist-stub