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- From: frisinv@alleg.edu (Vincent Frisina)
- Subject: Re: Relativity book for a 9 year old
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.212916.21617@pellns.alleg.edu>
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- Organization: Allegheny College
- References: <1993Jan24.185404.6715@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:29:16 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.185404.6715@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- muttiah@thistle.ecn.purdue.edu (Ranjan S Muttiah) writes:
- >
- > Are there any relativity book(s) that a nine year old could read ?
- > I haven't been through any of Gamow's Mr. Tomkin books, but I think they
- > might be a little too much for a child of that age. A book that
- > illustrates relativity in cartoon form would be nice.
- >
- > Please email.
-
- My parents gave me a text written by Einstein himself on the subject when
- I was that age. What little there was that was not within my immediate
- grasp, was clear after a trip to public library. The book was tilted
- simply Relativity.
- --
- Vincent Frisina
- Email: frisinv@alleg.edu
-