Usborne Physics for Beginners

This book, part of the bestselling '...for Beginners' series, explores the vast world of physics for children in an understandable and engaging way. Rather than how physics is done, it explains what different branches of physics study, how we acquire this knowledge, and what mysteries await young physicists to discover.

The book doesn't shy away from difficult topics; it addresses complex subjects like black holes, quantum mechanics, and even Einstein's theories of relativity in simple language.

Some sections in the book:

What is physics?
Explains what physics studies and why it matters.

Asking questions
Examines how scientists ask the right questions and how they search for answers.

Physics is everywhere
Shows how physics appears in daily life.

What do physicists do?
Introduces physicists' fields of work and research methods.

Forces and motion
Explains what moves or stops objects, and why some things move faster or more easily.

Waves
Covers how sound travels, how light works, and the mysterious connection between electricity and magnetism.

Speed of light and the shape of the universe
Albert Einstein's two important theories that shaped modern physics; special relativity (speed of light) and general relativity (structure of the universe) are explained in simple language.

Nuclear and particle physics
Introduces the smallest building blocks discovered by physicists and examines what happens when these particles are broken down further.

Quantum mechanics
Questions why the smallest particles don't behave like large objects and what rules they follow.

Space
Explores what lies beyond Earth and how the universe came into being.

Unsolved mysteries
Introduces questions physicists still can't answer and secrets waiting to be discovered. Perhaps one day you could be the one to solve these mysteries.