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Chin, Jason

Gravity

32 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-717-3 $16.99
(4) K-3 This book's images of space and objects floating or falling therein are hypnotically arresting. However, the science here is oversimplified to the point of inaccuracy. Objects do not "have gravity"; they have mass. To say "without gravity, everything would float away" misses the essential point--without gravity there would be no anything to float anywhere. Appended "More About Gravity" provides fuller explanations. Bib.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2014

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