About Eirik Newth
Born 1964. Eirik Newth is a Norwegian astronomer, writer, children's writer, program host, podcaster and non-fiction writer.
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.
He is the son of author and illustrator couple Philip 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 Brage Prize 1996
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Norwegian astrophysicist and author
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Eirik Newth was born on 17 August 1964 in Rykkinn, Oslo.
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Eirik Newth is an astronomer, writer, children's writer, program host, podcaster and non-fiction writer.
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