Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein (Trailblazer Biographies)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.

Customer Reviews:

Inspiring introduction to Einstein's Genius

By Jon - January 23, 2000

Mc Pherson's well written biography of Einstein is sure to please young readers in their quest for knowledge. Its photographs are excellent in content and placement, and the text is superb. A must-read for anyone with children who wants them to appreciate this great man, deemed TIME's "Person of the Century"

Informative and Interesting

By Karen Zemek "reader on the bus" - February 6, 2008

I liked this book because it was very informative and interesting. It was short and quick and I found out things about Albert Einstein. It covers his background, personal life and professional life. As a boy he was fascinated with a compass and wanted to know why the arrow always pointed north. When his father told him about magnetic fields, he was very excited about magnetism. That was just the beginning of his quest for discovering new things. In addition to enjoying equations and explaining his theories in an understandable way, he played the violin and liked sailing too. He denounced his German citizenship and became a citizen of the United States, none of which I knew before reading this book.

His advice was to always ask questions and never lose your curiosity about things. A lot of his teachers didn't like that he asked so many questions that they couldn't answer. When he became a professor, he encouraged his students to ask questions and was never upsset if... read more

An Informative Book

By Christopher - January 30, 2000

This book is very informative. It is a great way to find information about Albert Einstein. I wrote a wonderful report using the information in this book. It explains his theorys of relativity in a simple understandable way.