Topi Rockets from Thumba

<p><b>A charmingly illustrated and colourful book to inculcate interest in STEM subjects for young readers.</b> <p/><b>Join Vikram Sarabhai and his scientists as they try to launch a sounding rocket in Kerala with a little help from young Mary!</b> <p/>The year is 1963 and India is about to embark on an audacious adventure - launching its first ever rocket into space. After much searching a team of scientists led by the visionary Dr Vikram Sarabhai zero in on Thumba a tiny fishing village off the coast of Kerala as the place to launch the rocket and India's dreams of space exploration. <br>Mary is all of 10 years old and bored of life in sleepy Thumba. Nothing ever happens here but fishing. That is of course until Dr Sarabhai and team arrive! <p/><i>Topi Rockets from Thumba</i> is an imagined account of the weeks and months leading up to the launch of India's first ever rocket told through the eyes of the inquisitive Mary.</p>