Dara Ó Briain
Dara Ó Briain is a stand-up comedian and television presenter, best known for hosting BBC’s Mock the Week and Robot Wars. He started his career in television as a children’s presenter on RTÉ, while performing his first stand-up gigs on the Irish comedy circuit. This was after studying Mathematical Physics at University College, Dublin. In 2011, Dara co-hosted BBC1’s astronomical show Stargazing Live alongside Professor Brian Cox, sharing his love of space and science with the nation.
Dara’s first children’s book, Beyond the Sky, was published in September 2017. He has since published several children's books concerning science.
Books
Author: Dara Ó’Briain Illustrator: Dan Bramall
Publisher: Scholastic
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+
Beginning with the question, 'So you want to go into space?', this book takes readers on a fascinating and hilarious journey through the solar system and beyond.
Author: Dara Ó Briain
Publisher: Scholastic
Interest age: 9-11
Reading age: 9+
An entertaining and funny book exploring what we currently know about space - and how likely it is that we'll find alien life.
Author: Dara O'Briain (with Sally Morgan)
Illustrator: Dan Bramall
Publisher: Scholastic
Interest age: 9-11
Reading age: 9+
A whistle-stop tour through all the extraordinary things that happen behind the scenes to make our normal lives happen: science is going on everywhere, all the time. Funny and fascinating and it looks gorgeous, too.