Physics for Beginners

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.)

I totally enjoyed this book. The explanations, the way it was presented & the accompanying art work, just grand. It's great to read an understandable view of physics. Thank you!

A great book for beginners. Easy to understand and interesting to read as well. The basic ideas are explained in simple terms and examples. The book looks very nice too. I bought this book to introduce the ideas of physics to my daughter and it certainly served the purpose.

Amazing for homeschooling

very good very nice