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Love the letter on solving solitaire. Encouragement to talk to kids about maths. Are there any good scientific books for kids/toddlers anyway? For things to an

Love the letter on solving solitaire. Encouragement to talk to kids about maths. Are there any good scientific books for kids/toddlers anyway? For things to answer to the "why" questions if you are an atheist. I'd like to explain evolution for example.

pling 12y ago
I started my kids on this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Space-Childs-Mother-Goose/dp/1930900465 http://www.amazon.com/The-Space-Childs-Mother-Goose/dp/19309... It makes them ask questions to which you can explain the answers. Few excerpts: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~hsg/134/poems/space-childs-mother-goose.txt http://www.phy.duke.edu/~hsg/134/poems/space-childs-mother-g...
- davidw 12y ago
  Those look like they are entertaining for adults, not children. I too have kids, 6 and almost 3, and recommendations for good science oriented kids books are always welcome.
  - pling 12y ago
    Both adults and children. 8+ is a good age (mine are 2, 8, 10) for that one though. Usborne do a good like of younger books: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/science.aspx?cat=1&area=S&subcat= http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/science.aspx?cat=1&area=S&s...
  - facepalm 12y ago
    I already have "The Magic Of Reality" by Richard Dawkins: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451675046/fractality-20 http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451675046/fractality-... . I think the content would be what I am looking for, but unfortunately the artwork and layout is too overblown, making it hard to read. My kid is 3 - obviously the text would be too complicated anyway, but it would be nice to at least have some nice, clear pictures to talk about. It has some good ideas, though - for example it shows a stack of photographs of our ancestors, one photograph for every ancestor, and talks about the height of that stack. Nice idea, but horrible graphics imo (artistically good graphics, but not so well suited as illustration).
JonnieCache 12y ago
I loved these (it's a trilogy) when I was a kid: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1567832.The_Time_and_Space_of_Uncle_Albert_Russell_Stannard http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1567832.The_Time_and_Spac...
mzs 12y ago
This is about math and more for older children, but I like these in particular. It's great for a summer. A kid in Jr high to HS can leaf through and find some illustration that looks intriguing and then there are something like 2-4 pages to read about maybe fibseq or knots or whatever. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473881.The_Joy_of_Mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473881.The_Joy_of_Mathem... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473882.More_Joy_of_Mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473882.More_Joy_of_Mathe... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577533.The_Magic_of_Mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577533.The_Magic_of_Math...

pling 12y ago

I started my kids on this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Space-Childs-Mother-Goose/dp/1930900465 http://www.amazon.com/The-Space-Childs-Mother-Goose/dp/19309... It makes them ask questions to which you can explain the answers. Few excerpts: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~hsg/134/poems/space-childs-mother-goose.txt http://www.phy.duke.edu/~hsg/134/poems/space-childs-mother-g...

davidw 12y ago
Those look like they are entertaining for adults, not children. I too have kids, 6 and almost 3, and recommendations for good science oriented kids books are always welcome.
- pling 12y ago
  Both adults and children. 8+ is a good age (mine are 2, 8, 10) for that one though. Usborne do a good like of younger books: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/science.aspx?cat=1&area=S&subcat= http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/science.aspx?cat=1&area=S&s...
- facepalm 12y ago
  I already have "The Magic Of Reality" by Richard Dawkins: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451675046/fractality-20 http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451675046/fractality-... . I think the content would be what I am looking for, but unfortunately the artwork and layout is too overblown, making it hard to read. My kid is 3 - obviously the text would be too complicated anyway, but it would be nice to at least have some nice, clear pictures to talk about. It has some good ideas, though - for example it shows a stack of photographs of our ancestors, one photograph for every ancestor, and talks about the height of that stack. Nice idea, but horrible graphics imo (artistically good graphics, but not so well suited as illustration).

JonnieCache 12y ago

I loved these (it's a trilogy) when I was a kid: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1567832.The_Time_and_Space_of_Uncle_Albert_Russell_Stannard http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1567832.The_Time_and_Spac...

mzs 12y ago

This is about math and more for older children, but I like these in particular. It's great for a summer. A kid in Jr high to HS can leaf through and find some illustration that looks intriguing and then there are something like 2-4 pages to read about maybe fibseq or knots or whatever. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473881.The_Joy_of_Mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473881.The_Joy_of_Mathem... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473882.More_Joy_of_Mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1473882.More_Joy_of_Mathe... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577533.The_Magic_of_Mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577533.The_Magic_of_Math...