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Who Was Albert Einstein? Paperback – Illustrated, February 18, 2002
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- Print length112 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 7
- Lexile measure810L
- Dimensions5.31 x 0.26 x 7.62 inches
- PublisherPenguin Workshop
- Publication dateFebruary 18, 2002
- ISBN-100448424967
- ISBN-13978-0448424965
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Carol Fazioli, formerly at The Brearley School, New York City
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Who Was
Albert
Einstein?
Who Was
Albert
Einstein?
Who Was Albert Einstein?
“For an idea that does not at first seem insane, there is no hope.”
—Albert Einstein
Did you know that Albert Einstein was a very poor student who got kicked out of school? Well, he was. Yet he was one of the most brilliant people that the world has ever known.
Did you know that Albert was a peace-loving person who hated war? Well, he was. Yet his work led to the creation of the most destructive bomb ever.
Did you know that Albert was shy and hated publicity and attention? Yet he was a media superstar. Even now, fifty years after his death, Hollywood still makes movies about him—and T-shirts, coffee mugs, and posters are decorated with pictures of his famous face.
Who was Albert Einstein? You are about to find out.
Chapter 1
Born to Think
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
—Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein made his entrance into the world on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. He certainly didn’t seem like an extraordinary child. He was chubby and pale with thick, black hair. He was so quiet and shy that his parents worried that there was something wrong with him. They took Albert to doctors. “He doesn’t talk,” his parents explained. The doctors found nothing wrong.
The story goes that Albert didn’t speak a word until he was three or four years old. Then suddenly, over supper one night, he said, “The soup is too hot.” Greatly relieved, his parents asked why he had never said anything before. “Because,” little Albert replied, “up to now, everything has been fine.” Is this story true? There’s no proof.
Most boys his age played soldier and other rough-and-tumble games. Not Albert. When Albert saw real soldiers marching with their blank faces, they frightened him. Albert preferred to stay by himself and daydream. He enjoyed playing with blocks and building houses out of playing cards—some of them were fourteen stories high.
His parents continued to worry about their lonely and quiet son. They took him to more doctors. “Could there be something wrong with his brain?” his parents asked. Once again, doctors found nothing wrong with the boy. It was just his nature. He was quiet. He was a thinker.
Albert’s father and uncle had a business that sold batteries, generators, and wire. Electricity fascinated Albert. It was invisible, powerful, and dangerous. Electricity was like some mysterious secret. Albert pestered his father and uncle with lots of questions. How fast is electricity? Is there a way to see it? What’s it made of? If there’s electricity, could there be other strange and mysterious forces in the universe?
Albert enjoyed thinking about a world beyond the one that could be seen or explained. As he later said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Product details
- Publisher : Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition (February 18, 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 112 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0448424967
- ISBN-13 : 978-0448424965
- Reading age : 7 - 10 years, from customers
- Lexile measure : 810L
- Grade level : 3 - 7
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.26 x 7.62 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I used to be a teacher and personally find the idea that children should be able to read a non-fiction book such as "What Was the Hindenburg?" or "Who was Christopher Columbus?" in one day and remember every date and fact for a test the next day. Most adults would have to study that information repeatedly to perform well on a test. Why are children held to a higher standard? Idk!
The biographies are easier for retaining info because they are in story format. So the Albert Einstein book is one of the best in the series. If your looking because your child has an AR test tomorrow then I would recommend this book for a strong reader and expect a passing score of 80%.
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Einstein, lists his major accomplishments, theories, his Nobel Prize, family life and European history in detail.Inevitably, it takes readers into spectacular of history parents may prefer to leave until children are more mature
Well worth reading, even if it poses questions some parents will have difficulty answering. My recommendation to parents is to read it first and make a decision based on knowledge of their own children - read now or leave it on the bookshelf until later. I know there are questions about appropriate age and difficty on the next page which will be challenging to answer in a generic way.