“Every time you open a book” improvisation and piano by François-Xavier Poizat
If you loved reading our book and listening to the music, you can further explore Albert’s world on our website. You can see how we created our illustrations, discover 20 fantastic facts about the book, and explore activity ideas.
Learn more about the scientific illustrations
Did you notice the train Albert was playing with in the Einstein scene, or the red and blue galaxies in the Hubble scene? They were not chosen at random, they were purposefully designed together with our scientific advisors to help explain the scientific concepts.
Understand how Newton discovered gravity and the 3 laws of motion by observing apples falling.
Read how Albert playing with the train symbolizes the well known thought experiment of special relativity.
Learn why the galaxies are painted blue and red, portraying redshift and blueshift, also known as the doppler effect.
Explore Albert’s World
20 fantastic facts about the book
Art process
Science illustrations
Character development
The series
First book
Preview some of our favorite activities
Do simple experiments with a ball to understand Newton’s three laws of motion; do math at the beach, drawing the Pythagorean theorem in the sand; and listen to Good Morning by native speakers in many languages and dialects from around the world.
