A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life.
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“It’s not easy to explain the work of Albert Einstein to a young audience,
but this marvelous book pulls it off. It does so by providing an overview of
Einstein’s life: the way he thought and how his remarkable ideas changed the
way scientists think…The book reroutes the text around events in Einstein’s
life, such as his escape from Nazi Germany and his move to the US, and it only touches
upon his work on the nuclear bomb. This is a more personal look, but still, it
explains how he came to the discovery of atoms and his theories about the speed
of light…The book stresses that readers may someday answer the questions that
Einstein didn’t get to, and an author’s note extends the text with paragraphs
about Einstein’s pacifism, personality, and thought experiments. A book as
special as its subject.”
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