Waterstones Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest
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Price: £6.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Who will solve the riddle of the quantum? Could it be you? Join Uncle Albert's niece Gedanken as she drinks from the magic bottle and shrinks down into the tiny world of jumping quarks and electrons. Help her and the White Rabbit explore a wonderland of light and matter where nothing is what it seems. Even today scientists remain baffled by their discoveries!. Waterstones Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780571226801
Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9780571226801
Author: RR Waller
Rating: 5
Review: This is not the first Russell Stannard I have purchased for my grand-children (three and one - so starting the library early) and that is a recommendation in itself. I have no doubt whatsoever that the world in which they grow up will continue to expand exponentially in so many different ways, as it has in my life-time; as an English graduate with an extensive library, a long-standing computer user and now an avid iPad user, I have grown used to and now enjoy reading books, newspapers and PDFs from screens. Information Technology and its cousins are just amazing, thank you, the late, great Steve Jobs. However, I continue to stock the grand-children's libraries, mostly with hardbacks, in the belief that books will continue in some shape or form to be a staple diet. Gedanken and her scientist uncle, Albert, are the characters Stannard uses to take his readers on a journey into the world of quantum physics, a fun journey through the world of atoms, molecules, electrons and quarks. He knows the power of enjoyable stories to take our minds for a walk and he populates the journey with resonant characters with whom children can relate. Along the way, if they learn a little about physics, chemistry or biology, well, that's fun too. It does not make quantum physics any easier or less confusing for mere mortals but it does slip concepts into the minds, provide vocabularies to use and moments to remember, in addition to simply putting books into hands. "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel" Socrates (470BC-399BC), who knew too well how to educate the youth. A much mis-quoted and over-used Chinese quotation is "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."; although I do not entirely subscribe to this, it is the essence of what Stannard succeeds in doing surreptitiously with his series of books. Recommended as a wonderful educational ambush.
Author: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4
Review: Good book. Thanks
