Discovering Architecture and My First Book of Relativity.

I was sent two fabulous children’s books to review. Discovering Architecture and My First Book of Relativity.

Discovering Architecture

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Age Range: 8 – 12 years
• Authors: Eduard Altirriba & Betra Bardi I Mila
  Publisher: Button Books (1 Sept. 2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1787080293
• ISBN-13: 978-1787080294
• Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 1.3 x 25.4 cm

This book can be purchased at Waterstones for £12.99

The Blurb

Igloos, skyscrapers cathedrals, pyramids, cottages…Buildings come in all shapes and sizes but they have one thing in common – they were all once just an idea in someone’s head. In this beautifully illustrated introduction to architecture you can find out how the buildings around you came into being and about the people who created them. Packed with interesting details about everything from humble homes to awe-inspiring towers, this book features charmingly quirky illustrations that bring the subject to life. One you’ve learned about how influential designers produced iconic structures ranging from the Parthenon to the Burj Kalifa, the budding architect inside you will be inspired to dream up the buildings of the future.

My Thoughts

A fabulous hardback book with delightful and details illustrations. Starting from the pyramids and working all the way through to contemporary and even futuristic architecture. This book will ignite a love of buildings in any child and would be perfect for the background information for a school project.

The book also tells about the basic elements of architecture, so you can see how your own home is built. It also describes what it’s like to be an architecture and what skills you would need if you wanted to pursue a career in architecture.

My First Book of Relativity

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Age Range: 8 – 12 years
  Authors: Sheddad Kaid – Salah Ferron and Eduard Altarriba
• Publisher: Button Books (1 Aug. 2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1787080331
• ISBN-13: 978-1787080331
• Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 1.3 x 25.4 cm

The Theory of Relativity Can be purchased at Waterstones for £12.99

The Blurb

Einstein’s special theory of relativity is one of the corner stones of modern physics but it requires a total rethink of our notions about time and space. Strange things happen in a relative universe: length and time are not fixed and depend upon your frame of reference. A Period of time on Earth that lasts for hundreds of years might only be a couple of hours for someone to travelling in a rocket close to the speed of light.

Find out more about how our universe works and how to space and time are connected in this fascinating introduction to relativity. This book introduces complex science to children though bright illustrations and amusing text, because it’s never to early to start exploring big ideas.

My Thoughts

Another hardback book full of delightful images to capture the imagination of your child.

We all know that Albert Einstein’s relativity is the theory of space and time don’t we? And we all know what space and time are, but although we think of them of simple concepts, a little more thinking makes fascinating things happen.

Starting with time the book explains how we measure time by clocks, but how do clocks measure time? The book then looks at several different types of clocks.

Then we move on to space and how we measure it.

Finally after measuring time and space we can work out speed and movement and how we can measure them. Then we look at the speed of light and how fast that travels.

Then we come to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, in as simple terms as you can get. This is Special relativity, the speed of the universe and the speed of light. Einstein had another theory of Relativity, General relativity which is his theory about gravity.

This book takes something complicated and breaks it down to easy to digest pieces so anyone can gain a better understanding.

Other Books in this series include My First Book of Quantum Physics and Discover our Solar System.

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. These books were gifted to me

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