Physics for Beginners

Interesting for those with interest in sciences or exploring

This book is so well thought-out in terms of arranging the subtopics and presenting them in a fun and captivating way, with lots of images and fun facts to capture kids' (and adults') attention. This helps to bring physics alive in everyday life, as well as making the most advanced topics accessible. A book that your child will not grow out of and will keep coming back to over and over again!

clear text and illustrations

My 11 years old son loves this book. I really recommend it.

My 9yo and 12yo bot love this book, and the whole series. Highly recommended

Really good informative book a little bit of everything squeezed in, written in simple English and easy to understand.

I have seen a copy of this book. The text is generally fine but, as so often happens with science books, some of the illustrations are highly misleading. Even the cover has a couple of howlers; the spectrum of light leaving the prism is refracting upwards (should be downwards) and several sets of field lines in the magnets diagram are pointing the wrong way. Some child is going to be confused.

Great book, child and I learnt a lot and explained things really well. Way better then I can.

Well written with lots of pictures. Nice beginning for my Kid. Good Refresher for me.

I homeschool my 12 year old, and we haven’t really ever used a science curriculum - just learned from books, podcasts, etc. He warned to get a deeper into physics so I bought this book. To be honest, I was a little concerned that it would be too young for him, as the only Usborne books I’ve seen are for babies and toddlers. But we both really like it. The illustrations seem like they would work for any age. They’re easy to understand but not babyish. And it explains concepts from a basic level, just for background, but without belaboring things. It doesn’t dumb things down to the point not giving kids any credit, like some books we’ve tried. That’s one of my favorite things about it. Just to be clear, this is not a textbook or curriculum or workbook. There are no labs and it really doesn’t even give activities per se, but it illustrates people doing things that you can easily replicate in real life if you choose to. A child could read this book on their own if their reading skills allow, but since I’m using it as part of my child’s school, we read it together and talk about it. All in all, I think this is a well-written and well-illustrated book that makes physics accessible to kids in a non-threatening, interesting, non-scary way. I would say that kids as young as 7 or 8 could get a lot out of this book with a bit of support from their grownup. I highly recommend it. (Also, the writing is charmingly British, which makes me smile.)

My 7 yr old has a million questions like "if there was a pool of liquid oxygen could we breath under water?". Can't get enough of these types of books. Recommend for any kids with a curiosity for science

Libro muy interesante y bien explicado para niños y adultos