Time and Space

Eyewitness Science

by John Gribbin

This is one of a series of books that look at the excitement of scientific discovery, bringing to life major breakthroughs in all the fields of science through the eyes of the great scientists. This book explores the different ways time and space have been measured over the centuries and how evolving concepts overturned earlier theories.

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book held by several children's libaries.

[Rachael Strieper · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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