Quantum Physics for Babies: 1 (Baby University)

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The fourth condition is met in that the books all make use of a variety of images and artistic design elements to support the linguistic text. This eBook can be accessed through the free Dymocks eReader app, ( iOS, Android, Windows), or downloaded via Adobe Digital Editions (and other . The juxtaposing of complex scientific theory such as quantum physics, which many adults struggle to grasp, with the simplicity and puerility of a baby’s board book is humorous in its absurdity.

Because while this board book, while Quantum Physics for Babies starts out great and age appropriately basic, by the end, I certainly am as someone who has never been good regarding physics rather confused and would likely also have trouble explaining the energy and quantum parts of Quantum Physics for Babies to the intended audience, to very young children (who would likely or who could likely be as confused and as befuddled as I have been). However, as the text evolves into “In quantum physics, until Baby looks in the box, Cat is both asleep and awake” (16), the syntax becomes more complex and the familiarity is lost. Abell, former elementary teacher and Professor and Director of the University of Missouri Science Education Center, explains that children’s literature in both “narrative (story based) and expository (informational) forms” can “address many scientific topics” because they can “take children to places that they could not go on their own and allow them to explore natural phenomena that might be too small or take too long to observe directly in the classroom” (54). I'm probably not the best person to review this book since this text is about my level of comprehension of quantum computing.The word “neutrons” is written in the same color purple as the circles in the nucleus of the atom that illustrate neutrons, while the word “protons” is written in the same red that depicts the protons in the nucleus (6–7). The choice to use the opposite and complementary red/green for the arrows of net force further helps link the relationship of the concepts.

Lupton and Phillips also describe how images can be grouped based on “size, shape, color, proximity, and other factors” as well as how “As a process of separating, grouping serves to break down large, complex objects into smaller, simpler ones” (102).This sense of humor enables the books more success whereas as an ostensibly didactic book would be repellent to the adult and child.

The concepts, while explained in a very simple manner, are still too difficult for a baby or toddler to understand. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. However, because kindergarten-aged children are expected to learn a slightly abstract concept like magnetism, one can argue that it is still possible that the target audience would be able to absorb at least some understanding of ideas like atoms making up all objects or the basic theory of gravity. The Ferrie books use very simple ball-and-line-based images to illustrate the scientific principles, but this method is used to describe very specific factors of ideas like atomic theory and gravity, which cannot be observed.In Spiro’s book, the main points of focus for the narrative, Baby and Cat, are contrasted against a solid, light-tinted teal (1–2, 7, 17–18), light gray (3–6, 19–20), light green (8), light yellow (9–10), medium purple (11–12, 15), or dark orange (13–14, 16) background. However, the significance of the books is not in their ability to explain atoms or gravity or Schrodinger’s cat to toddlers.

According to their analysis, there are four “essential skills … which must be learned like the rules of verbal language” (333). Although children’s science books have existed for generations explaining basic concepts and animal-habitat identification among other things, these board books are the start of a recent movement which presents sophisticated concepts such as Quantum Physics.The subject is definitely beyond me, but at least I can sort of repeat the really cool terminologies and explain them in baby ways to other "dummies" like myself, as long as the "dummy" doesn't ask me more questions.