Christine Schulz-Reiss Who Was That? » Who Was That? Researchers and Discoverers « 12+, January 2008 288 pages, 18.0 x 24.5 cm ISBN 978-3-7855-5999-4 hardcover 19,90 € (D) Rights sold: Chinese (simplified), Turkish

Books, the PC, cars… these things make our lives easier and more comfortable, yet would not exist if someone hadn't invented them at some point. As in the previous two volumes Christine Schulz-Reiss introduces the biographies of great minds in brief and informative sketches. The concept of a first outline without giving away the person's name allows the reader to guess for himself. Who was the German too lazy to do maths, or the Scot who in his sloppiness made a great discovery? While she leaves the actual theorems and technicalities to teachers, Schulz-Reiss provides excellent material on the people behind the inventions and discoveries.

Press Quotes:

"One of the rare books for adolescents that has just as much to offer for adult readers. A short quiz stimulates curiosity for the biographies which impart a cultural history of travelling." Neue Zürcher Zeitung

"Entertaining and diverting, revelations inclusive: that's the style of Christine Schulz-Reiss." NRZ am Sonntag

Christine Schulz-Reiss was born in 1956. She studied German literature, history, politics and commun...