I am Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer, illust. C.Eliopoulos | Read Aloud for Kids | The Reading Booth

[Music] i am albert einstein by brad meltzer illustrated by christopher eliopoulos i am albert einstein ever been called weird or different that's what they thought i was on the day i was born my mom was actually scared since she'd never seen a baby with such a giant head is that normal don't worry he'll be just like everyone else doc i wouldn't be so sure about that it didn't get easier i did things my own way in my own time i didn't speak until i was three years old and when i did my speech was so odd our maid used to call me pede pata what's daredeperta mean the dopey one lady i wouldn't be so sure about that some say i took longer to speak because i didn't think in words i thought in pictures even when i did speak i'd practice each sentence in my head silently moving my lips and whispering to myself until i had every word right dirty mer albert what are you saying are you sick of her son what's wrong does something hurt do you have to go to the bathroom i don't understand are you hungry do you need wiener schnitzel taco flying you want to fly wait he's trying to say something my hair is so awesome when i was little my cousins ran around and played games outside i liked playing alone i did puzzles fed the pigeons or just watched my toy boat sail in a water pail when they saw me other people called me father bore goody goody what are you doing albie watching a sale that's it it helps me think i like thinking but the biggest moment in my young life came when i was four or five years old and sick in bed to cheer me up my father brought me a compass explorers use it to help find their way what's it do you'll see i was fascinated by how the compass worked no matter which way my father turned it the needle always pointed north what if i turn it this way it'll point north what if i put it upside down it'll point north what if i'm the one who's upside down north nothing touched to the needle but somehow the compass knew where to point like it was guided by invisible like it was guided by an invisible force right there i could feel it there was something behind things something deeply hidden the world the stars even outer space with all its planets the whole universe had its own order that compass made a deep and lasting impression on me it showed me that life has mystery the universe has mystery and it made me curious why did the universe behave the way it did by the time i was nine years old i would make complex structures with my blocks and tall houses of cards it took persistence and patience but i never gave up my sister would watch as i'd build them 14 stories high it's gonna fall no it won't the structure is just right i'd even see the structure in music as i played my favorite instrument the one that always helped me think the violin today people say i was a genius but back then teachers thought i was a daydreamer one even told me albert einstein you'll never amount to anything you're a foolish dreamer but there's nothing foolish about dreaming big and being curious when i was in sixth grade on thursday nights a medical student would come to our house for dinner his name was max talmud he used to bring me books here's one about something called geometry like the compass that geometry book changed my life by the time i was 12 i was doing all different kinds of math like geometry and algebra by 15 i was on to something called calculus that means the boy was smart he already knew more than i did and i was in medical school can't you see math has its own logical structure just like music and my awesome hair soon after i mastered the entire math curriculum did that mean i always did well at school ask my father he got good grades and a few bad ones that's right even einstein got bad grades in college he flunked a course in physics the study of matter and energy i was bored you got the lowest grade in the class you do know i'm going to invent the theory of relativity right go to your room i never stopped thinking about how things work as i got older i even replaced my toy sailboat with a real one when the wind stopped blowing i scribbled notes in my notepad when it picked up again i continued sailing you really like boats don't you they help me think i like thinking my thinking and curious nature eventually led me to the patent office in burn switzerland my job was to examine new inventions but sometimes i'd start thinking about my own scientific theories whenever my boss walked by i'd hide my ideas in my desk drawer what are you working on work you sure absolutely but even i didn't know i was on the verge of my greatest breakthrough i was 28 years old just sitting at work as the thought occurred to me when a person falls like a man falling off a roof he doesn't feel his own weight close your eyes you can picture it too as the man falls if he opens his pockets everything inside floats there next to him that may sound weird or different but to but for me it was the happiest thought of my life why because it sparked an idea that helped me link motion with gravity gravity is the force in the universe that keeps us from floating away it took me eight years of hard work eight years of asking hard questions to figure it out but i did from there i began to question ideas that most other scientists thought were true i didn't agree with what most people believed in the beginning other scientists wouldn't listen are you crazy that makes no sense what does it even mean it's a formula to help us explain the universe and all of space it means that everything is full of energy sometimes it's hard to get people to go along with you especially when you discover something new but i promise you if you keep at it it'll be worth it would you win the nobel prize in physics that's amazing my theory of relativity forever changed how we understand the universe even better you know your hair is awesome right i keep telling people that in my life i was always thinking always asking questions but the most important one i asked was why never stop asking why never stop trying to figure out how the world works and never lose that feeling of excitement as you try to find the answer curiosity is one of the most powerful forces of nature it can take you places no one's ever been and let you do things no one's ever done will that make you weird or different who cares if it does every single one of us is different no one on this planet is just like you being different is what makes you special so find what you love learn everything you can about it and share the best parts with anyone who will listen you never know who you'll inspire his hair is really awesome i was thinking the same exact thing i am albert einstein i will never stop being curious and i hope you won't either the more questions you ask the more answers you'll find and the more beauty you'll uncover in the universe the important thing is not to stop questioning curiosity has its own reason for existing one cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity of life of the marvelous structure of reality albert einstein the end thank you for watching enjoyed this read-aloud book click like and subscribe to the reading booth

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Length: 13min 0sec (780 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 10 2020