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Eirik Newth

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Eirik Newth

Born	(1964-08-17) 17 August 1964 (age 59) Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	astrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality.
Awards	Brage Prize (1996)

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[edit]

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[edit]

Brage Prize 1996

External links[edit]

Personal blog

References[edit]

^ "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-10-21.

^ "Eirik Newth". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

^ 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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