EPISODE · Mar 12, 2020 · 26 MIN
Einstein's Compass author Grace Allison Blair on book's Harry Potter comparison
from Burke Allen's Big Time Talker Podcast — by SpeakerMatch · host Burke Allen
The book Einstein's Compass and the fictional adventures of it's lead character, a young Albert Einstein, has often been compared to another teenaged science whiz, Harry Potter! Listen as host Burke Allen talks with Einstien author Grace Allison Blair about her award winning Young Adult novel, and why March 14 (observed as ‘Pi Day’ celebrating the popular and well-known mathematical constant ‘pi’) also happens to be important to Albert Einstein! Have you ever wondered how Einstein came up with his wondrous theories of light and time, and the theory of relativity? Was his curiosity and quest to understand the unthinkable encouraged or deemed an insane endeavor? Award-winning author Grace Allison Blair's young adult fictional novel Einstein's Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure” digs deeper into what inspired young Albert to dream big!
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The book Einstein's Compass and the fictional adventures of it's lead character, a young Albert Einstein, has often been compared to another teenaged science whiz, Harry Potter! Listen as host Burke Allen talks with Einstien author Grace Allison Blair about her award winning Young Adult novel, and why March 14 (observed as ‘Pi Day’ celebrating the popular and well-known mathematical constant ‘pi’) also happens to be important to Albert Einstein! Have you ever wondered how Einstein came up with his wondrous theories of light and time, and the theory of relativity? Was his curiosity and quest to understand the unthinkable encouraged or deemed an insane endeavor? Award-winning author Grace Allison Blair's young adult fictional novel Einstein's Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure” digs deeper into what inspired young Albert to dream big!
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