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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Hawking, Lucy. George’s secret key to the universe / by Lucy & Stephen Hawking and Christophe Galfard ; illustrated by Garry Parsons. — 1st U.S. ed. p. cm.

  Summary: Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend who travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist.

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-5462-0 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 1-4169-5462-7 (hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-1-4424-3010-5 (eBook)

  [1. Universe—Fiction. 2. Outer space—Exploration—Fiction.

  3. Inventions—Fiction.] I. Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.) II. Galfard, Christophe. III. Parsons, Garry, ill. IV. Title.

  PZ7.H3134Ge 2007 [Fic]—dc22 2007026084

  Endpaper image: This color-enhanced view of the Eta Carinae nebula covers an area fifty light-years across. It was assembled from forty-eight images obtained by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in 2005. The colors represent different elements: sulfur (red), hydrogen (green), and oxygen (blue). The nebula is a large cloud of dust and gas, with a mix of hot, young stars, dying stars, and regions of starbirth.

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