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In addition to writing books for children, i give many talks at schools and literary festivals, such as those at edinburgh, cheltenham, guildford, hayonwye, etc. Russell stannard, obe, is former lecturer in quantum physics at the open university, broadcaster, awardwinning author, and one of the worlds most senior and respected scientists. Russell stannards book uncle albert and the quantum quest sounds like a fun way of making physics interesting for children. The book resource in moodle is quite simple to use and allows you to organise your content in a way that makes navigation much simpler. Russell writes another chapter for the british council. George gamows most popular book is one, two, three. Russell stannard is a published author of children s books and young adult books.
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