Time & Space

Eyewitness Science

by John Gribbin

When was the beginning of time and space? What is the speed of light? Find out the answers to these and other questions in this look at time and space.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, Space

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 1994

About the author

John R. Gribbin is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. He also writes science fiction.

Reviews

[Rajesh]

This was one of the books in my high school library and had a huge impact on my understanding of and interest in science. With likeminded friends, I'd frequent the library after school hours only to check out books like this one. I don't know how relevant it is today, but highly recommended for anyone with a curiosity in space, time and science in general.

[David Hillman]

Good book held by several children's libaries.

[Rachael Strieper]

This book has lots of readings with vivid details. Abundance of pictures inregards or models, space, and important people in history of space study, several theories to astronomical phenomenon. This book helps you understand the connection between space and time I would recommend for older children between ages 9 to 13 years old.

[JoshuaB CLC]

One great non-fiction book is Eyewitness: Time and Space by John Gribbin. In it you can delve deep into the theory of relativity, explore quantum theory and even learn how to make a time and space machine.

[Tiffany]

Greatly informative book, but I'm was hoping it would advance my understanding of time and space more than it did. I really want to understand these concepts better, but this book was maybe a little too fragmented and simplified.

[Kirsten]

It is very interesting, but WAY to many words. I almost fell asleep a few times.