Our World Is Relative
Our World Is Relative

Author: Julia Sooy

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 1250750393

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A fun and engaging picture book from author Julia Sooy and illustrator Molly Walsh explaining Einstein's theory of relativity. Size, speed, weight, direction, distance We think of space and time as fixed and measurable. But these measurements—our experience of space and time—they are relative. Our world is relative. With simple, engaging text and vibrant art imbued with light and movement, Our World Is Relative offers a child's-eye view of time, space, and the vast role that relativity plays in comprehending our world. It's an introduction to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, perfect for any curious young scientist. Longlisted for the American Association for the Advancement of Science/ Subaru Children's Science Picture Book Award

It's All Relative
It's All Relative

Author: A.J. Jacobs

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1786073765

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A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: “You don’t know me, but I’m your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database.” And so begins A.J. Jacobs’s quest to build the biggest family tree in history. In an era of us-versus-them thinking, this book is a hilarious, heartfelt and profound exploration of what binds us all – where family begins, how far it goes, and the science that is revolutionizing the way we think about ethnicity, history and the human species. This book is about A.J. Jacobs’s family. But it’s also about your family. Because it is the same family.

Our World Is Relative
Our World Is Relative

Author: Julia Sooy

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 1250750393

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A fun and engaging picture book from author Julia Sooy and illustrator Molly Walsh explaining Einstein's theory of relativity. Size, speed, weight, direction, distance We think of space and time as fixed and measurable. But these measurements—our experience of space and time—they are relative. Our world is relative. With simple, engaging text and vibrant art imbued with light and movement, Our World Is Relative offers a child's-eye view of time, space, and the vast role that relativity plays in comprehending our world. It's an introduction to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, perfect for any curious young scientist. Longlisted for the American Association for the Advancement of Science/ Subaru Children's Science Picture Book Award

Relative Strangers
Relative Strangers

Author: Frank Cicero

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2011-06-28

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 089733731X

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An Italian American investigates his family’s mixed religious roots in northern Italy and Sicily in this fascinating memoir. Italian Protestants? Few people seem to have heard of them, but the author’s mother’s immigrant Italian family was Protestant while his father’s were Catholic immigrants from Sicily. On his father’s side, with dozens of aunts, uncles and numerous cousins, Catholic family gatherings were loud, often profane, with drinking, smoking and raucous celebrations of weddings, births, holidays, and other occasions as well as the mystical rituals inherent in the Catholic faith. By contrast, on his mother’s side, family gatherings were small and quiet, with no smoking or drinking; and religion was the core of most family celebrations. But the author had little understanding of the ancient origins of his maternal grandparents’ very different Protestant faith which marked the keen differences between the two sides of the family. Relative Strangers describes the author’s search for the religious roots of his parents’ families in northern Italy and Sicily. He traces the history of the Waldensians, the Protestant sect which began in Lyon, France, in the twelfth century, often suffering persecution, but surviving to this day both in Europe and America.

Powers of Ten
Powers of Ten

Author: Philip Morrison

Publisher: Times Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780716760085

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Over 100,000 copies of this spectacular journey have already been sold. In forty-two consecutive scenes, each at a different `power of ten` level of magnification, readers are taken from the dimension of one billion light years to the realm of the atom. The text and other illustrations depict what we can perceive at each progressively smaller level of magnitude. " A brilliant pictorial and textual embodiment of a wonderful idea. " Stephen Jay Gould Videos of Powers of Ten are available from: RITELtd. Cross Tree, Walton Street, Walton in Gordano, Clevedon, Avon BS21 7AW Tel: 01275-340279 Fax: 01275-340327

Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth
Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth

Author: Jaimal Yogis

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1458783847

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Relative Truth, Ultimate Truth is a clear and remarkably practical presentation of a core Buddhist teaching on the nature of reality. Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an excellent opportunity to enhance not only thier knowledge of Buddhism, but also a powerful means to profoundly enhance their view of the world. The Buddhist teaching of the''two truths'' is the gateway to understanding the often-misunderstood philosophy of emptiness. This volume is an excellent source of support for anyone interested in cultivating a more holistic and transformative understanding of the world around them and ultimately of their own conciousness

Every Day, Chemistry
Every Day, Chemistry

Author: Julia Sooy

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2021-06-29

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 1250845084

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A mother and daughter go about their day as chemical reactions in their everyday lives occur around them in Everyday Chemistry, a nonfiction picture book by writer Julia Sooy and illustrator Bonnie Pang. Science is all around us in our daily lives. Specifically, chemistry! When your bread toasts, when your shampoo foams, when the playground slide rusts--those are all chemical reactions. In this book, a mother and daughter expereince all these things and more as they go about their day, from when they wake up, to when they go to bed. This story is a great way to introduce young readers into the world of science!

Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine

Author: Alan P. Lightman

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1101871865

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In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.

Crazy Is Relative
Crazy Is Relative

Author: Melissa Keller

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-19

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780692934463

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Melissa's marriage to Thomas brought her into his family - a group of people unlike any she'd ever known. At the center was her new mother-in-law Shirley, who was apt to choose a first-aid manual as bedtime reading for the kids, or teach them how to open childproof caps. At first, Melissa thought Shirley might be crazy - then she realized that Shirley just had a unique way of doing everything. Over the course of twenty-five years, Melissa learned about Shirley's upbringing in a Depression- era orphanage, and became as fascinated by Shirley's history as she was her unvarnished and original take on the world. Crazy is Relative is a rich memoir that explores how we're shaped by our histories, and how a mother and wife devoted to the same man became family to one another.From Parker J. Palmer (author of Let Your Life Speak, A Hidden Wholeness, and Healing the Heart of Democracy): "What do you get when you cross Oliver Twist with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with The Odd Couple with The Book of Ruth? You get this amazing memoir by Melissa Keller-who knows what it means to love even when it's not easy to love, and knows how to write about it surpassingly well. Within a few pages, I wanted more. When I came to a section titled "Thy Crazy-ass People Shall Be My Crazy-ass People," I was hooked. Here's a bone-deep exploration of love, not the Valentine's version, but gritty, grounded love. It's set in the context of a surreal family story, but so much is surreal these days. At a time when many of us feel surrounded by "crazy" 24/7, it's hard to remember that love can see us through. Melissa Keller is one of those rare guides who can help us get to the other side with our hearts intact."