Eirik Newth

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]

Eirik Newth
Born (1964-08-17) 17 August 1964
Bergen, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupationastrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality.
Awards

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
gollark: Intended? It seems like another of those evolutionary quirks which are somewhat bad, but also local maxima which can't really be moved away from.
gollark: Semiunrelated but I quite like that visualization format.
gollark: Besides, the manufacturing consumes way more energy than their requirements.
gollark: 75 kWh / year is 8W. I don't think you can run any computer more powerful than a Raspberry Pi on that.
gollark: i.e. about a sixth of an old lightbulb's power consumption.

References
  1. "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  2. "Eirik Newth". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. Risa, Gunvor. "Mette Newth". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
Awards
Preceded by
Akin Duzakin
Liv Marie Austrem		 Recipient of the Brage Prize for children and youth
1996		 Succeeded by
Harald Rosenløw Eeg
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