Vajont Sixty-Three - The Thunder from the Mountain
Tommaso Percivale
What a Discovery!
Biography
Stories of intuition, luck and stubbornness.
Wits, stubbornness or blatant luck? What was the driving force that led scientists, doctors, explorers and archaeologists to make the discoveries that have changed the way we see the world?
A journey through eighteen fascinating stories that make us relive the moments of humanity’s great discoveries directly from the point of view of their protagonists.
From the discovery of the American continent to that of the Lucy fossil, passing through the observation of the stars, capturing lightning, defining radioactivity, immersion in the abyss, investigating past and recent crimes, the discovery of priceless treasures and much more.
- Simple, immediate stories full of many insights: because every discovery came in its own way… or almost!
Publisher:
Edizioni EL
Target:
8-10
Year:
2018
Author
Christian Hill
Christian Hill is an author and screenwriter. He has written many children’s stories including Il Ladro dei Ceili (The Sky Thief), Rizzoli, winner of the Cento Children’s Literature Prize in 2019, and Olga, una Storia di Pace in Tempo di Guerra (Olga, A Story of Peace in Wartime), Rizzoli, which entered the Italian IBBY Honour List in 2023. His works have been translated into several languages, some of which he can recognise and some of which he can’t. He loves music, role-playing games and his armchair.
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