Jennifer Berne uses Albert Einstein’s curiosity to take the reader on a journey through his life. Even as a young boy, he was curious about the world around him. A gift of a compass helped him to see that there were hidden mysteries in the world and he wanted to understand them. One day while riding his bike, he looked at the beams of light coming from the sun to the earth. He imagined himself racing through space on a beam of light. Albert began reading about magnetism, gravity, light, sound and numbers. But he still had questions. He keep on reading and wondering and learning.
The illustrator, Vladimir Radunsky, helps to visually illustrate the scientific concepts that Albert was thinking and wondering about: motion, the universe and his famous equation, E=mc2 . Right to the end of his life, Einstein was thinking about and working on questions. But still there are many questions to be answered; maybe you or your child might become one of the scientists who will answer one of them.
At the end of the book is more information about Einstein’s life and his thought experiments, as well as a list of more books about Albert Einstein.
Several copies of On A Beam of Light can be found at the Sonoma County Library. The AR level is 4.5.
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