# Oliver's Great Big Universe - Hardcover

by **Jorge Cham** (Author)

"**Mind-expanding and hilarious!** **\-- I got smarter reading this!"**  
_**Jeff Kinney, author of the international bestselling series Diary of a Wimpy Kid**_  
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Cosmos_ meets _Diary of a Wimpy Kid_ in _Oliver's Great Big Universe_, an original illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative from the Emmy Award-nominated creator of PBS's _Elinor Wonders Why_.**

_I know what you're thinking. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe?_

_Am I famous scientist? No._

_Am I a super-genius at everything? Not really._

Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school--new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least there's one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns--like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart in the school hallway. (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.)

Oliver finally feels like he's starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principal's office or catch a break from his annoying sister?

With laugh-out-loud humor and cartoon-style illustrations from the bestselling writer and creator of _PHD Comics_, Jorge Cham, _Oliver's Great Big Universe_ is a STEAM-themed, diary-style series following an 11-year-old who's taking on the whole universe--if he can survive middle school first.

### Author Biography

**Jorge Cham** is the bestselling, Emmy-nominated creator of . . . many things: from the hit PBS kids' show _Elinor Wonders Why_ to the bestselling nonfiction book for adults called _We Have No Idea_, along with the smash podcast _Daniel & Jorge Explain the Universe_ and the popular webcomic _PHD Comics_. He is, without a doubt, an _expert_ on explaining things about the world in interesting and fun ways. He obtained his PhD in robotics from Stanford University and was an instructor and research associate at Caltech from 2003 to 2005. He is originally from Panama.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 0.87 x 8.11 x 5.59 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 26, 2023

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