University of Cambridge: Think Big: The Speed of Light

About the author

Author, traveller and adventurer, Simon Chapman has been entertaining young people with books on such diverse subjects as dinosaurs, rivers, extreme natural environments and even alien invasions for over 20 years, including in his Blue Peter award-winning Explorers Wanted series, which he also illustrated. An experienced Physics teacher, Simon is now taking readers on a brand-new adventure, creating a children's guide to Einstein's theory of relativity, produced in collaboration with the University of Cambridge.Wenjia Tang graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, USA, in 2017. After working in New York City, she returned to China in 2020 and lives in Nanjing with her parents. Wenjia loves illustrating non-fiction picture books and her work has been recognised by American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, and Communication Arts.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Chapman
• Assisted by: Wenjia Tang (Illustration)
• Publisher: Nosy Crow
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.08.2025
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books
• EAN: 9781805133162
• ISBN: 978-1-80513-316-2
• Pages: 32
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Series: University of Cambridge: Think Big
• Subjects: Albert Einstein, DK, Space, Stem, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy, Gravity, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Physics, time travel, Educational: Physics, Space (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel, Think Big, Theory of Relativity, spaceships, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Space, stars and the solar system, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science: Motion, sound, light, energy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, age 6, Usborne, children's science books, books for 7 year olds, age 7, age 8, age 9, physics for kids, light speed, 7-9 year olds