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reader44ever's review against another edition
4.0
This book was an excellent introduction to the life of Albert Einstein. For me, it won't be an Introduction, though. It will likely be the entirety of what I'll read about him. But I enjoyed it and learned some things about a great man.
I say I learned "some" things, but there's really only one thing that I'm taking away from this book: I learned that he was a pretty nasty child, with an awful temper. He was violent, even, toward his poor little sister. :-( (Throwing a hard ball at her? Hitting her in the head with a hoe? She's lucky to have survived with her brain intact!)
In the author's note after the "story," I learned that Albert Einstein didn't win the Nobel Prize for either E=MC^2 or his Special Theory of Relativity. Instead, he earned it for On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, his work on the nature of light.
I did learn that, as I expected, he wasn't interested in the usual pursuits of boys. Sports and military parades held no interest for him. But I was sad to learn that he had a violent temper as a child. And, as I said above, it's likely that this is the only thing I'll really remember about having read this biography. :-(
I say I learned "some" things, but there's really only one thing that I'm taking away from this book: I learned that he was a pretty nasty child, with an awful temper. He was violent, even, toward his poor little sister. :-( (Throwing a hard ball at her? Hitting her in the head with a hoe? She's lucky to have survived with her brain intact!)
In the author's note after the "story," I learned that Albert Einstein didn't win the Nobel Prize for either E=MC^2 or his Special Theory of Relativity. Instead, he earned it for On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, his work on the nature of light.
I did learn that, as I expected, he wasn't interested in the usual pursuits of boys. Sports and military parades held no interest for him. But I was sad to learn that he had a violent temper as a child. And, as I said above, it's likely that this is the only thing I'll really remember about having read this biography. :-(
bdietrich's review
1.0
Read for 5420 class
This book is a poor jBiography of Albert Einstein. It assumes because one doesn't like sports or is uninterested in the military, s/he is "odd". Yes, Albert Einstein was considered odd in the 19th century, but those things aren't considered odd today. Additionally, the chronology is odd. It focuses a lot on how he was atypical and loved math as a child. Then spends a two-page spread about how he was married and had kids, Then a two-spread page of just illustrations of his famous equations flying around him. Then a two-page spread of everything else-- but no mention of the Nazis' impact on his life. Overall, I was greatly unimpressed with this book.
Includes an author's note and bibliography
This book is a poor jBiography of Albert Einstein. It assumes because one doesn't like sports or is uninterested in the military, s/he is "odd". Yes, Albert Einstein was considered odd in the 19th century, but those things aren't considered odd today. Additionally, the chronology is odd. It focuses a lot on how he was atypical and loved math as a child. Then spends a two-page spread about how he was married and had kids, Then a two-spread page of just illustrations of his famous equations flying around him. Then a two-page spread of everything else-- but no mention of the Nazis' impact on his life. Overall, I was greatly unimpressed with this book.
Includes an author's note and bibliography
bibliocyclist's review
3.0
Entertaining anecdotes from Einstein's childhood with charming, Gorey-esque illustrations. Gr. 2-5.
mikolee's review
1.0
Strange children's illustrated book about the boyhood of Albert Einstein. The book makes him out to be angry and misunderstood. The illustrations are watercolor and pen and never seem to show eyes. Hard to connect to characters when you cannot fathom their expressions. Also having just read "The Other Einstein" and learning of how Albert stole his wife's ideas, it is difficult to see her described here as basically the baby maker. Augh.
uncoveredwhimsy's review
5.0
Children's lit- biographical picture book. Awesome for teaching children that being a little different isn't always a bad thing.
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