| Albert Einstein's Bright Ideas Contributor(s): Morlot, Frederic (Narrated by), Ramstein, Anne-Margot (Illustrator), Street, Anna (Translator) |
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ISBN: 3037349352 ISBN-13: 9783037349359 Publisher: Diaphanes OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Philosophy |
| Series: Plato & Co. |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.6" (0.40 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life's "big questions," however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces children--and curious grown-ups--to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Socrates to Descartes, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engaging--and often funny--story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations. In Albert Einstein's Flashes of Inspiration, the young Albert Einstein has a very important job: he must deliver electricity to the big Oktoberfest celebration in Munich. As he hurries from one merry-go-round to another, nothing seems to be going as planned. With his sister, Maja, Heinrich the dog, and Niels Bohr, a qualified dwarf-thrower, can he win a battle against the laws of the universe? The key just may lie in the question of whether a dumpling can fly faster than light? |
Contributor Bio(s): Street, Anna: - Anna Street is the translator for Plato & Co. She holds a PhD from the Universite Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and the University of Kent in Canterbury.Morlot, Frederic: - Frederic Morlot was a juggler as a child and dreamt of becoming an illusionist. Alas, he is today a mathematician at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.Ramstein, Anne-Margot: - Anne-Margot Ramstein is a French artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in Le Monde, among other publications. |