SuitabookAlbert Einstein and relativity for kids
Jerome Pohlen
- Reading
- Read together in short stretches, pausing at an activity or thought experiment to predict what it demonstrates before exploring the explanation.
- Themes
- Learning through experiments: The book combines biographical material with demonstrations and thought experiments connected to scientific ideas. The activities and thought experiments are presented as ways to explore or understand the ideas, rather than as a separate narrative storyline.
- Worth knowing
- Some activities model complex or consequential science, including a nuclear chain reaction; the book also discusses Einstein’s contributions to quantum mechanics and theories about the universe.