Chris Ferrie is an award-winning physicist and Senior Lecturer for Quantum Software and Information at the University of Technology Sydney. He has a Masters in Applied Mathematics, BMath in Mathematical Physics and a PhD in Applied Mathematics. He lives in Australia with his wife and children.
Dr. Sarah Kaiser has a PhD in physics (quantum information) from the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing, and now works as a Research Engineer at Pensar Development. Based in Seattle, she is an experimentalist specialized in building and breaking opto-electronic systems. Some of her favorite things: Talking about quantum technologies, good kayaking spots, and how fun it is to break things to learn how they work.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat for teaching concepts at a young age.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2020
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We are having a little girl and as a very liberal feminist anthropologist married to an engineer, I want her to be as familiar with the sciences as she is with the arts. I have multiple of these books and will be purchasing more as I believe it’s never too young to be exposed to expanding one’s mind. Obviously, I got this so she can relate to her dad! I got one on evolution too!
We tend towards organic and sustainable living and toys, purchasing mostly wood and cotton items, and we read mostly on tablets for the sheer volume of books would be overwhelming, but it’s nice to hold a book and read it to a child, and I like these board books for infancy to toddlerhood. They are cute and tend to hold up better that anything with paper pages. For anyone looking to expose their little one to the sciences early, these are a must!
Bought as gift for nephew, having enjoyed previous books in the series (great concept). Was disappointed to see tatty and scuffed on cover, too late to return for a replacement in time for birthday :(
2.0 out of 5 stars
Tatty - but content as expected
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2020
Bought as gift for nephew, having enjoyed previous books in the series (great concept). Was disappointed to see tatty and scuffed on cover, too late to return for a replacement in time for birthday :(