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Pernicious
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 Posted - 11/24/2007 : 21:32:08
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It's great when the apple doesn't fall far from tree...
The other day in the car, my 8 year old daughters (twins) started asking me about the theory of relativity, one of them had read something and was arguing with the other one about what she had read. I answered as best I could, which led to lots of other questions.
So, now I'm hunting a book that would be on their level (they read on about a 6th or 7th grade level) but give them a good understanding of physics, astronomy, stuff like that. Haven't found anything that fits yet...
anyone have a recommendation?
(I gotta admit this was both looking for a book and bragging on my kids at the same time  )
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
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 Posted - 12/03/2007 : 11:50:19 [Permalink]
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| Good question, Pernicious. Some Amazon searching led me to this book, which may be what you're looking for. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 12/03/2007 : 13:20:13 [Permalink]
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Welcome to SFN, Pernicious!
When I was a kid, though not quite so young as your precocious daughters, I read George Gamow's delightful book, One, Two, Three ... Infinity. It is illustrated by the scientist himself. It covers relativity and some interesting math concepts as well.
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 12/03/2007 13:20:30 |
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Baza
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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Relativity for 8 year olds?
